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to: ROSEMARY ESPOSITO
from: BERND GIESEN
date: 1997-01-20 19:55:00
subject: Re^2: IRQ`s

On 18.01.97 ROSEMARY ESPOSITO wrote the following to MARK HARRISON
in TELIX:
EB>>         I've installed a PlugNplay modem on a system, and it was
EB>> automatically assigned IRQ eleven, can anyone tell me if there is a
EB>> way to get Telix (for DOS) to recognize it?  It's comm 3.  I'm
MH>> Hello Ed,
MH>> The latest version v3.51 will let you set higher IRQs. You're out
MH>> of luck for older versions.
RE> Maybe, maybe not.  Open up your telix.cnf file with a text editor.
RE>
RE> Look for lines that start c1irq=, c2irq=, etc.  These assign irq's
RE> for the named comm port, c1 being comm1, c2 being comm2, etc.  Find
RE> the comm port your modem is on, in you case comm 3, and change the
RE> irq to 11. In other words, fine the line c3irq=4 and change it to
RE> read c3irq=11.
No, simply modifying the config file in such way won't work properly with
Telix for DOS versions prior to v3.5x, since their low-level comm routines
didn't yet support the second interrupt controller, that is used for IRQ
lines 8-15.
regards,
Bernd/2
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