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- From: dalew@twiki.UUCP (Dale Weber)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: How to use com3 & irq5 ?
- Message-ID: <24aFuB1w165w@twiki.UUCP>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 07:10:24 GMT
- Article-I.D.: twiki.24aFuB1w165w
- References: <1992Nov16.212039.347@et.tudelft.nl>
- Organization: Wafflemania Unlimited - Portland, OR USA
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- mvdl@et.tudelft.nl writes:
-
- > DEVICE=X00.SYS 2=3E8,5
- >
- > This will assume that port 2 (=COM3) is at hexadecimal adress 3E8 and will us
- > IRQ-line 5. You can assign almost any portnumber to the adress. Remember:
- > PORT(n)=COM(n+1) !
-
- Yes, but it doesn't *have* to have to. You can specify *any* address and
- IRQ combination, but of course it has to match the actual hardware setup.
- Some com cards don't even use the generally accepted addressses for COM3
- and COM4 (and I have one that uses 2E0 for COM4). I just used the correct
- address and IRQ like: 4=2e0,5 and it worked just fine.
-
- > BTW: the 'E' parameter won;t work when u r using other paramters too.. So the
- > loading will take 3 seconds longer...
-
- Sure it will, but you have to specify it before any other parameters on
- the command line. ;-) ;-)
-
- > Well, it should work.. Telling Waffle to use com3 should work now... BTW: it
- > all in de Doc's: X00USER.DOC.... RTFM!
-
- It worked here, even with non-standard port addresses. ;-)
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