In a message of  Craig Ford (1:106/2001) writes:
 GL> This may or may not be part of your problem, original NS16550A
 GL> chips had problems with the implementation of the FIFO, I'd think
 GL> you should be looking for an NS16550AN or later chip.
 CF> It was the origianl NS16550 that had the problem (I had one in an IBM
 CF> Model 60), the 16550A is quite suitable. 
I stand corrected, thanks.
 CF> To shed a bit more light on the subject though, _none_ of the modems 
 CF> that I've tried have been able to sucessfully transfer a file over 100Kb 
 CF> to Bill without aborting (it doesn't appear to be a modem problem).
Curious, very curious, I wonder what the problem really is...
   Gene Lowry
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