LE>> That was the 16550s. The early Startech 16550 had some weird
LE>> FIFOing bug which made it incompatible with the NS16550AFN, then
PL> The '650 was also reported to have problems in the early days. There were 
PL> quite a few complains from the US as far as NS '550 compatibility was 
I'm amazed enough people tested it to find a problem. But Startech
OFFICIALLY issued a fix for the ST16550 - not for the ST16650.

PL>> Are the 64byte FIFO transparently available to those merely 
LE>> Nope, unless the driver/program allows you to specify Rx/Tx FIFO
PL> Then it is of very limited use...
That's true.

-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards [Team OS/2]  Tel 0419320415 * 0412809805 * 0414927056
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