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echo: power_bas
to: ERIC SCHONNING
from: DAVE NAVARRO
date: 1995-09-19 10:34:00
subject: Re: Interrupt Driven Comm

ES>btw, just why is supporting more than 4 comm ports
ES>simultaneously such a hassle?  it seems like if we give PB the base
ES>address and IRQ# it should just treat it like com1-com4; instead of
ES>reading bios for base address it just uses the value we pass to it.
ES>just wondering as you said it would be a giant hassle.
Because the current ISR would have to be re-written and expanded to
handle the additional overhead.  It's a possibility, but since only a
couple of people are asking for it, the developers are working on more
requested features.
--Dave
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