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- MS400
-
- Shared Interrupt Modification
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-
- Purpose:
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- This modification will allow a packet BBS using the CBBS, the W0RLI, the
- KA2BQE, or WA7MBL V3.x code to install 4 ports using only one slot and
- one interrupt request line (IRQ) on an IBM PC or compatible. The change
- is nondestructive since no traces are cut and can be easily removed.
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- Hardware:
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- The DFI MS-400 board provides 4 ASYNC ports and is available from
- several sources. It comes in two flavors: XT and AT with the only
- difference being the 8250 versus the 16450 chips. As shipped from the
- factory, the MS-400 requires one IRQ line per port.
-
- Additional parts required are 4 small signal diodes (I used 1N914s
- from Radio Shack) and a 4.7K resistor (1/8 or 1/4 watt).
-
- JDR MicroDevices carries (or at least did so on Nov 1st, 1987) the
- MS-400. Their part number for the XT version is MCT-MS and it was priced
- at $80. Address: 110 Knowles Drive, Los Gatos, CA 95030. Their phone
- is (800)-538-5000 or (408)-866-6200 (for CA and non-US).
- CONTINUED IN FILE MS400.4