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- From: jay@gdx.UUCP (Jay Snyder)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Question about Parallel Port, please read
- Message-ID: <930@gdx.UUCP>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 16:49:55 GMT
- References: <4825@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us> <JZ2ewB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP>
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- In-reply-to: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com's message of 27 Dec 92 02:00:30 GMT
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- In article <JZ2ewB1w165w@tcscs.UUCP> tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood) writes:
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- > Path: gdx!frackit!wa3wbu!vogon1!psuvax1!rutgers!uwm.edu!src.honeywell.com!tcscs!zeta
- > From: tcscs!zeta@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
- > Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.misc
- > Date: 27 Dec 92 02:00:30 GMT
- > References: <4825@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us>
- > Reply-To: zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com
- > Organization: TCS Consulting Services
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- > nording@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:
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- > >
- > >
- > > I really don't pay that much attention to the printer interrupt (IRQ7).
- > > I even have another device using it. It only would make sense with
- > > memory-resident print programs (DOS print, background printing features,
- > > etc.). It's different with COM ports. Also, IRQ2 may have special uses,
- > > IRQ6 is for floppy-disk drives, and IRQ5 is for hard drives. Re-assignment
- > > of these interrups ... well... I couldn't recommend it !!!
- >
- > I'm glad to hear about IRQ7 and the printer. I dont know what hard drives
- > use IRQ5, but I am able to use IRQ5, IRQ2(/9), IRQ4 and IRQ3 for com ports,
- > and IRQ7 or printers.
- >
- > Mind you I'm still getting the bugs out of all this, but it is slowly coming
- > along.
- >
- > Do you have any more info about IRQ5?
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- IRQ5 is used for hard drives only on XT's. Otherwise it is free.
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