On 2007/09/26 18:37 (GMT-0400) Martin Rosenfeld apparently typed:

> Is there a way by software that I can tell if my motherboards serial 
> ports has a hardware FIFO buffer 16550a or equivalent so I can set my 
> external modem appropriately?

There probably is, but I don't know. I do know that it's been over a decade
since all new motherboards have been built meeting at least that standard.
IIRC, older ones won't support 56k modems.
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