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Modern Technology ... ?
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>WRQ technical support claims the problem is caused by the existance
>of an 8250 UART chip. Running MSD (Microsoft Diagnostics) reports
>the computers having this chip. However, the hardware guys claim
>that the serial I/O is intigrated into the mother board and no such
>chip exists in these PCs.

I've seen somewhere that MSD will report just about anything, including
the wrong kind of chip, if run from a DOS window (seems MSD sees the
windows COMM driver, not the actual chip itself). If at all possible,
run MSD straight from the DOS prompt, or better [...]42_23Jan199510:20:[log in to unmask]
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Fri, 27 Jan 1995 09:02:50 PST8PDT
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I'm always intrigued by depictions of what is perceived as "current" technology.
 
In the national Canadian "Globe and Mail" newspaper last Wednesday, an article about Internet
use was headed by a composite photo showing a new Microsoft "ergonomic" keyboard, and the sketch
of a monitor screen. In the screen was a photo of a person working at a computer terminal.
 
I'm sure that terminal was an old H-P 2626W!
 
Mike Millard
 
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Mike Millard,                                ([log in to unmask])
Computer Services,                           (+1-604-986-1911, x2794)
Capilano College,
North Vancouver  BC                          CANADA   V7J 3H5
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