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to: ROY J. TELLASON
from: DENIS TONN
date: 1998-04-23 10:26:00
subject: OS/2 LPT Port Configurat

Original from  Roy J. Tellason  to Denis Tonn on 04-22-1998
Original Subject: OS/2 LPT Port Configurat
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  DT> You can have all 3 ports, but the way it works is that 378 and 
  DT> 278 will be IRQ driven (7 and 5) and 3BC will be interrupt 
  DT> driven. 
 
RT> Huh?  Could you elaborate a bit please on what distinction 
RT> you're making between "interrupt driven" and "IRQ driven"?  
RT> I would have taken them to be synonymous...
 Oops BAD typo here.. The above sentence should read as: 
 You can have all 3 ports, but the way it works is that 378 and 278
will be IRQ driven (7 and 5) and 3BC will be polling loop driven.
Denis
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