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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
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- Subject: Re: Question about Parallel Port, please read
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- Date: 5 Jan 93 04:25:21 GMT
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- In article <nate.994@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle) writes:
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- > In most AT-type machines IRQ5 should be free for whatever device you
- >want to use it for; I'm using it for my ethernet card here in the office,
- >and at home I have it assigned to a mouse. If you have an XT with a hard
- >disk then steer clear of IRQ5 but otherwise you should be fine.
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- In ATs IRQ5 is "traditionally" assigned to LPT2: which few
- people use, so I use it for my ethernet card (can't use 3,
- I have a COM2: - drove me up the wall for a couple of hours
- since connectivity would work from DOS but would die when I
- fired up Windows).
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- What about using the higher IRQ lines (eg: 10) for ethernet
- etc.? I've seen it done, I'm just wondering whether it works
- better with some cards than others.
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