> Unfortunately I wasn't as lucky.  We spent quite a bit of time before
> figuring out that the NS1645 UART on the original IBM serial and

Maybe you had an eralier PC than I ever used, IIRC my documentation
referred to a 8250. Is there any NS1645 datasheet on the web? Google did
not give me one.

> [Ironically, I believe 
> the "RS" in
> "RS-232" stands for "Recommended Standard" -- makes one 
> wonder what the
> official one  is...]

Those documents at least pretend to be a step towards a standard, the
internet depends on just 'Requests For Comment' :)

Wouter van Ooijen

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