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echo: hs_modems
to: LARRY RAYBURN
from: AUGUST ABOLINS
date: 1997-10-31 12:40:00
subject: modem conflicts

Hi Larry!
On 10-13-97 at 08:21:27AM, Larry Rayburn of 1:109/356.3561 wrote to Chris 
Leavoy:
 LR>                                ... It is customary to set com1 and
 LR> com3 to IRQ  4 and com2 and com4 to IRQ3.  If you want to use two
 LR> serial ports AND a mouse  you'll have to come up with another IRQ. 
Which raises the question: why did anyone think that more than 2 comm ports 
would ber USEFUL if they shared irq's like that?
.:. /Žug
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