[comp.unix.i386] 16550A uarts

wek@point.UUCP (Bill Kuykendall) (08/27/89)

I've seen quite a bit of discussion of the 16550A uarts that add FIFO
capabilities to standard serial cards.  My question is, can these chips
replace 8250's directly, or can they only be used in place of the 16450
chips?

Bill Kuykendall
...ddsw1!point!wek

karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) (08/27/89)

>Item 183 (0 resps) by wek at point.UUCP on Sat 26 Aug 89 23:40
>[Bill Kuykendall]    Subject: 16550A uarts (<Unknown> lines)
>
>I've seen quite a bit of discussion of the 16550A uarts that add FIFO
>capabilities to standard serial cards.  My question is, can these chips
>replace 8250's directly, or can they only be used in place of the 16450
>chips?

You can use them in place of either....

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aris@tabbs.UUCP (Aris Stathakis) (08/28/89)

From article <[24f80422:183.1]comp.unix.i386;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, by karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger):
<>Item 183 (0 resps) by wek at point.UUCP on Sat 26 Aug 89 23:40
<>[Bill Kuykendall]    Subject: 16550A uarts (<Unknown> lines)
<>
<>I've seen quite a bit of discussion of the 16550A uarts that add FIFO
<>capabilities to standard serial cards.  My question is, can these chips
<>replace 8250's directly, or can they only be used in place of the 16450
<>chips?
< 
< You can use them in place of either....

Do you need any special drivers to run a 16550 under SCO Xenix?  If so, where
can i get them?

thanks

aris

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