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- RS232.2
- Other notes:
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- AT class computers have more IRQ lines than XT class computers.
- IRQ 2 has been said to be very important in an AT computer so you might
- want to avoid using this one until the very last.
-
- What I have in my com board is that there are traces running to B24 and
- B25 but none to B4,B23,B22 and B21. This is standard for most com boards
- . I already had these IRQ lines used by the multifunction card of my
- XT, so on my com board, I taped over B24 and B25; set dip switches on
- com board for an address of 3e8; soldered a wire from B24 to B2;
- configured the msys.opt file for 3E8 IRQ4, tnctype... (0 for a KPC2)
- fired MSYS up and it ran!
- The previous note on using debug to poke memory was not needed. I'm
- sure this setup will work with phone modem accesses and extra ports
- that you might want to add. Also, the cost of a com board is relatively
- cheap. Here in Victoria, they run $25 with 1 port of 2 installed.
- The second com port (future com4) is socketed for an extra 8250
- 1488, and 1489 chip set. If you get the buffered 8250, you can run
- higher speed packet if the unbuffered 8250 boggs your system down.
- The theory behind this according to the technician is that a regular
- 8250 waits for 2 bytes before flagging an interrupt, while a buffered
- 8250 will wait for 16 bytes before doing same, thus interrupting your
- processor less often - more efficient.
- 73 - Larry, VE7DIE @ VE7DIE.#vic.bc.ca