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- Subject: Re: Modem/Mouse conflict
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.182006.1@ualr.edu>
- From: djlewis@ualr.edu
- Date: 11 Nov 92 18:20:06 GMT
- References: <jeric.56@berkp.uadv.uci.edu>
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- In article <jeric.56@berkp.uadv.uci.edu>, jeric@berkp.uadv.uci.edu (Jeric Woo) writes:
- >
- > I recently installed an Everex 1200 (!) baud internal modem to my XT clone.
- > Somehow, I had to set the jumpers to indicate COM3 (COM2 doesn't work, and
- > I have a mouse installed in COM1) and it seemed to work. (Actually, there
- > may be something wrong because it takes my comm program a LONG time to
- > initialize it.)
- >
- > The problem is, now my mouse isn't working anymore. Is this one of those
- > IRQ conflict things? Can someone help me? Thanks.
- >
- > Jeric
- > jeric@berkp.uadv.uci.edu
- Either set the modem to port 4 or move the mouse to comm2.
- Comms 1 and 3 share the same irq as does comms 2 and 4. You must use alternate
- IRQ's for it to work.
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- Don Lewis
- djlewis@ualr.edu
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