Hi, Kristian!
27 Nov 97 01:27, Kristian Rasmussen wrote to Simon Stone:
 KR> That's true...but if the card is configured with jumpers, and if the
 KR> driver will accept other IRQ values, you can actually 'reconfigure'
 KR> the card with a knife, a piece of wire and a soldering iron. A bit
 KR> extreme perhaps, but sometimes there's just not enough free IRQs.
 SS>> INT 0 is System Timer
 SS>> INT 1 is Keyboard
 SS>> INT 2 is Cascade -> INT 9
 SS>> INT 3 is COM2
 SS>> INT 4 is Mouse
 SS>> INT 5 NOW Network Card
 SS>> Don't suppose you know what INT 2 is actually used for ???
 KR> (Its really IRQs (hardware interrupts), not INTs (software).)
Thats what I meant, I dunno why I typed INT :)
 KR> The original PC/XT only had 8 interrupt lines. The second interrupt
 KR> controller that handles IRQs 8 to 15 on ATs and above is connected to
 KR> IRQ2 on the first controller. The pin on the ISA bus that used to be
 KR> IRQ2 on XTs is now IRQ9.
 KR> IOW, you can jumper the card to use IRQ2 and set the driver to IRQ9 in
 KR> NET.CFG.
Oh rite ok then cheers m8ty
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