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- From: jimc@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (James Carpenter)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: More than 2 serial devices at a time
- Date: 26 Dec 1992 19:04:01 GMT
- Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- Keywords: Serial 2 Devices
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- In article <cjx231b@rpi.edu> palmj@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Jyri L. Palm) writes:
- >- Using jumpers on the serial card, make com2 use interrupt 5 (default is 3)
-
- You're doing the same thing as I wanted to do (except I have a VT220).
- Changing the interrupts is always a possibility except for the unfortunate
- ones, such as myself, whos serial card only allows IRQ 3 or 4 :-(
-
- >Anyway, I have no idea how this would affect DOS programs (assuming you also
- >use your system for DOS). Also, I have no idea how this may affect other
- >linux operations (I don't know C, neither am I a unix guru). I'd really
- >appreciate any comments or suggestions ... send to palmj@rpi.edu thanks.
-
- You could always use a fossil driver under DOS. It'll allow you to specify
- what base address and what IRQ your com ports are at.
-
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- Jim Carpenter
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