Subj : Re: Looking for BBS Client suggestions
To   : Spectre
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed May 01 2024 01:41:30

 AK> Good question about the com port speed - you'll want a 16550 UART for
 AK> sure.  If you have an older I/O card with 8250 UART it would be better to
 AK> upgrade to a 16550 UART.

 S> SNAP!  The only thing we both left out there, was the UARTS are all pin
 S> compatible, so anything socketed is a simple swap, while 
 S> de-soldering them is
 S> time consuming being a 40pin package, but doable.

UART talk!  It doesn't get much closer to the heart of BBSing!  :)

Wild to think how swapping the UART chip used to be (sometimes) so easy, and here I am on a laptop that I can't even add RAM to!  Progress, I guess.  ;)


Chris/akacastor


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