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- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Path: sparky!uunet!dcatlas!joet
- From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
- Subject: Re: IRQ level ...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.195257.27134@dcatlas.dot.gov>
- Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
- References: <LUBKT.92Sep8100402@synergy.CC.Lehigh.EDU>
- Distribution: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 19:52:57 GMT
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- lubkt@synergy.CC.Lehigh.EDU (Binod Taterway) writes:
-
- >Q: How do you find IRQ levels of COMx ports other than trying both 4
- >and 3? Traditionally, this has been 4 for COM1 and 3 for the rest.
- >Lately I have found a lot of vendors to violate this standard.
-
- Traditionally, IRQ4 is shared by COM1 and COM3, IRQ3 is shared by COM2 and
- COM4; although I've heard of IRQ5 being used for COM ports >2 also.
- Some modems and serial cards I've seen allow independent setting of the
- IRQ# and COM#; i.e. it is possible to assign IRQ3 to COM1.
-
- Some modem manufacturers include a little program typically named
- "COMTEST.COM" with their product. Its purpose is to identify the ports
- you already have that are in use, to allow you to find a free IRQ. I
- think some rat makers use it too, and some others with peripheral boards
- (e.g. hand scanner interfaces) that need an IRQ. Some BBS somewhere ought
- to be able to provide this to you.
-
- -JTT
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-