Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 00:02:03 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mrm@Mole.ORG (M.R.Murphy) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, lakes!rivers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recap of sio weirdness, where to go from here... Message-ID: <199608141432.AAA03456@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199608141332.GAA22170@meerkat.mole.org> from "M.R.Murphy" at Aug 14, 96 06:32:00 am
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M.R.Murphy stands accused of saying: > > Close, no cigar. I have about 60 in Digiboards, HUB6's, and 2-port > boards, all from National Semiconductor and all are marked "NS16550AFN" > and "NS16550AN". No _silo_ interrupts from any of them, but I changed These are old NMOS parts, which haven't been available from NS for many years. They have been superseded by the PC16550D which is a CMOS part. Regardless, I believe their functionality is fine. > I think if they don't say "NS" and don't have the little squiggly > logo, they're clones. No. NS stopped using the squiggly logo and just used a solid white vertical line for a while, and are now using the funny rounded N on some parts. > Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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