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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: [Q] com1: silo owerflow and slip Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1993 12:45:06 GMT Message-ID: <CC40r7.JCo@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> References: <1993Aug19.135931.165@ebc.ee> <250bki$r9m@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <1993Aug19.204243.25814@leland.Stanford.EDU> Lines: 15 In article <1993Aug19.204243.25814@leland.Stanford.EDU> yergeau@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dan Yergeau) writes: > Yes, I know that I should be using 16550As, but my UARTs aren't > socketed (part of a integrated Multi-IO controller), and I haven't > found an inexpensive (<$20) serial board with at least 1 16550A on it. Since a 16550A retails for $13.50 on up, that'd be tough. Get one with an 8250, clip the chip out, and install a socket. Stick your own 16550A in. Or plump for one of the 4-port cards out there (I use Steve Nuchia's, which lets you selectively configure shared or separate interrupts). -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Hefur thu fadhmadh ulfinn i dag? 'U` "Det er min ledsager, det er ikke drikkepenge."