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echo: aust_modem
to: Ian Smith
from: Ben Perkuhn
date: 1996-05-25 17:38:08
subject: Re: BANKSIA BLITZER = HELP ME

-=> Quoting Ian Smith to Ben Perkuhn <=-

 BP> Hi Randall there is such a thing as a 16650 UART it is
 BP> designed to allow baud
 BP> rates up to 230,400 BPS anyway double the max output of the 16550.

 IS> The ordinary 16550AF has a maximum baud rate of 256,000bps.  It's only
 IS> the PC hardware clock selection that limits PC serial ports to
 IS> 115,200bps; no faster chip is going to change that. 

Then why bother marketing a 16650 chip when there is no need sounds like 
overkill to me?



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