At 05:51 AM 7/31/01 +0100, you wrote:
Tony Duell skrev:
> > Of course it's easy enough to
replace the 8250 with a 16550.
Desolder the
> > old chip and pop in the new one.
>
> Or replace the I/O card, or, if you are lucky, it's a dual serial card
>Why would _anybody_, particularly on this list, replace a card rather
>than replacing a single, easy-to-get 40 pin chip?
Because I can get ALL the cards that I want for free and a chip would
cost money and the time to install it. Yes, I could chnage the IC but why
bother? I have better things to spend my time on.
Joe