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- Subject: Re: Sony CD-ROM drives, any gotchas?
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- Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 12:13:05 PST
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- In <1993Jan5.161014.7033@bcrka451.bnr.ca>, Roy Shepard writes:
-
- >I am thinking of adding a SONY CD-ROM drive to my 486SX. Are there
- >any gotchas with this, especially with regards to conflicts with sound
- >boards or COM ports?
-
- >Any feedback would be appreciated. Please post to this group though,
- >as I don't have external email access.
-
- I'd look out for IRQ conflicts more than anything. Often, CD-ROMs are set up
- on IRQ2 (the cascading interrupt to IRQ10-15?). I don't believe that they
- need specific COM ports like a modem. There will be no conflict with sound
- boards as long as they don't share IRQs (sound boards most often use IRQ7,
- and sometimes IRQ5 as well). COM ports take IRQ3 and IRQ4. Unless you are
- familiar with what IRQs are, your best bet may be to just set it to IRQ2
- and forget about it.
-
-
- Tim Irvin
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