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25 Jul 97 21:41, Bruce Bly wrote to David Somers:
 DS>> I have my 28.8 is an ISA slot. Would I put the 56K is another ISA slot
 DS>> and call it COM4, or is there a special port that is designated for
 DS>> COM4?
 BB> The only thing that makes something be on com 4 is the jumper settings 
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 BB> the card. Unless it is software controlled.  Just change the jumper
 BB> settings to say that you 56k modem is COM4. There is one problem with 
that
 BB> though. If you have one modem on COM2 you will not be able to use them
 BB> both at the same time.
    Bruce is right. Nowerdays it's software controlled. The problem is that
COM2 and COM4 use the same IRQ. As far as I know, it can be set in BIOS 
etup.
So, if you manage to assign to these ports different IRQ, then everything 
ill
be OK. BTW, dont forget, that your modems have to support them.
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