Re: [Sheflug] Modems

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:

> ..I read somewhere the advantage of internal modems is that you're
> getting a larger buffer, than a usual 16550A serial controller has...

IIRC 16550 has a 16k FIFO, your serial port runs at 115kbps. Who has a CPU
that can't service those interrupts?
(A low end 486 maybe)


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