12 Mar
2002
12 Mar
'02
8:43 a.m.
I knew where you were going. It's just that for many, soldered in does
mean "non-replaceable", especially when the manufacturer uses those
chips that aren't recognizable as uarts. I don't know if everything is
on one chip or what, but I've seen some serial boards that only had a
very few chips and none looked like uarts to me. Also, surface mount
chips would be hard, since they are usually so small, although, I don't
think uarts are made that way, none that I've noticed any way.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Tony Duell wrote:
The uart chips in this board are socketed, which makes them very easily
replaceable.
OK...
What I was commenting on (indirectly) is the idea that many PC-users have
that you _can't_ replace soldered-in chips, and you can't upgrade a 16450
to a 16550 if it's soldered in. Things like that. I don't want those sort
of ideas polluting this list :-)
-tony