athos@otto.bf.rmit.oz (David Burren [Athos]) (10/23/89)
I'm running a '286 with two serial ports. Currently there's only a 2400 baud
modem connected, but we're about to add a 9600 baud terminal, and possibly
switch to a 9600 baud modem in the next few months.
I'm looking at changing the 8250's for 16550's.
I'm sure this has been covered here before, but please bear with me.
Has anyone written and made available a driver to take advantage of the 16550's
FIFO? Where can I get a copy from?
Thanks in advance
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ACSnet: athos@otto.rmit.ozakcs.larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (10/24/89)
>I'm running a '286 with two serial ports. Currently there's only a 2400 baud >modem connected, but we're about to add a 9600 baud terminal, and possibly >switch to a 9600 baud modem in the next few months. >I'm looking at changing the 8250's for 16550's. > >I'm sure this has been covered here before, but please bear with me. > >Has anyone written and made available a driver to take advantage of the >16550's >FIFO? Where can I get a copy from? There is a public domain driver floating around that works well under 386/ix (so I've been told). I've played with various smartcards, and haven't found one that works correctly with multiple bi-directional modems - so I ended up with a dumb 8 channel serial card (Hostess) with 8250 chips - and I run 4 high speed modems all locked at 19,200 - and I haven't had a single problem. I've sent a couple of messages off to SCO asking for 16550 FIFO support in their drivers - and still no reply. Maybe if others join in with the message writing they will add FIFO support in the next release (Amy?)