Thor Lancelot Simon writes:
> 
> Oh, boy.  What's a 16850, and who makes it?  The 16750 (TI) looked
> like as nice a part as the 16650 (Startech) but was never widely adopted 
> and we don't have driver support for it except in 16550 compatibility
> mode.  Is the 16850 made by TI, Startech, or someone else entirely?

The only reference I found quickly was 'http://www.exar.com' where they
talk about their XR16C850.  I guess it has 128 RX, 128 TX fifo, and
some other semi-fancy stuff. :)

Claims compatibility with the 16650A, and 16450/16550.  So I guess it
should work, but would need something like the Hayes ESP hack to enable
the fancier stuff.  Seems like SIIG had a list price of $179 for the
board.

-Andrew
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