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- From: dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Dan Muntz)
- Subject: RT 4-port card in 486 isa
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.211743.2068@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:17:43 GMT
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- I'm trying to get an RT 16-bit 4-port card to work in a 486 isa box running
- 386bsd. The card works if polled, or if another com device generates
- interrupts (all ports are checked on any com interrupt), but the 4-port
- card doesn't seem to be generating interrupts (IRQ 10). I've seen
- two things in the RT tech ref.: 1) it looks like the 4-port card was
- designed to work in a PC AT (I'm not certain of this) and 2) RT 16-bit
- cards are supposedly *not* compatible with AT 16-bit cards.
-
- Some questions:
-
- 1) Are the 16-bit slots in an RT wired differently from those in an AT?
- 2) If so, can this be corrected with a soldering iron: perhaps by cutting
- the IRQ10 trace on the 4-port (which one is it?) and wiring it to
- either the AT IRQ10 pin, or a lower IRQ line?
-
- Any info, slot diagrams, or random thoughts on the subject would be
- appreciated.
-
- -Dan
- dmuntz@eecs.umich.edu
-
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