> I'm assuming that if I have a 16550x card that I can just clear
 > that bit?  Or should I invest the time and find an old 8250?

The '550 will be fine; they'll even catch the 2-3 characters per day
that would get dropped on a heavily-loaded 16450-based 486 PPP box.

 > I belive all the ports on the ppro are 16550a/b/c's, but I'm not
 > sure about the equivilent uarts on the sparcs (zilogs?) or alphas
 > (zilogs, too?).

Wouldn't know, although the relevant comp.sys.* hardware FAQs would..

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Chris Baird,, <cjb@brushtail.apana.org.au>