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Date:      Sun, 30 Jun 1996 14:40:49 -0700
From:      "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
To:        "Brett Glass" <Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com>
Cc:        "Jacob M. Parnas" <jparnas@jparnas.cybercom.net>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu, hardware@freebsd.org, bsdi-users@bsdi.com
Subject:   Re: muliport boards - building a PPP dialup server 
Message-ID:  <199606302140.OAA04910@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of p 29 Jun 96 21:54:17 PST . <9605308361.AA836148602@ccgate.infoworld.com> 

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>> The TI 17550 can go up to 900kbaud/second, which is a new UART.

>That's the TI 15570, I believe. It has a 64-byte buffer, as does one of the
>new Exar/Startech parts.
>
>Some of the other solutions use "intelligent" UARTs from Cirrus Logic. The

Don't forget the Hayes ESP cards, which can go up to ~900Kbps.  They
emulate a 16550 and have a 1024-byte FIFO.

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