Hi Charles.

01-Oct-03 07:42:04, Charles Angelich wrote to Jasen Betts


 CA> 1237d4b41a33 tech

 CA> Hello Jasen -

 JB>>>> because other software doesn't use the BIOS for serial I/O the
 JB>>>> same renumbering is done with printer ports too.

 CA>>> I've never quite understood why Microsoft allowed this to become
 CA>>> such a headache. Ports are just a lookup table so what was their
 CA>>> problem? Weird IMO.

 JB>> huh?

 CA> I'm saying I don't see the assignment of 'ports' as being an
 CA> insurmountable problem nor should it be necessary to use them
 CA> sequentially. Maybe I'm overlooking something?

I see... yeah well with the printer port it's handy that it can ean always
be found on LPT1 reguarlless of the IO address... althous regualar IO cards
only do  27a/37a while MDA card do 3BE

 -=> Bye <=-

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