4 Port Serial Boards

[Thomas Hoberg]

Probably a FAQ, but is the 16550 plug in compatible with the 8250(or similar)
from Intel? Is there any difference between 8250/16450 and 16550 that is
detectable by software, or rather, do they need any different programming or
is the buffer in the 16550 completely transparent? I heard, for example, that
only 16450s are supported by OS/2 (no flames please) so there should be
some difference between the Intel and the Motorola chip.

??? Tom.
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Thomas M. Hoberg                                   tmh at prosun.first.gmd.de
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