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In article <1993Jan27.072451.12174@netcom.com> sagan@netcom.com (Mike May) writes:
>: >  I'm looking for a driver that will work my NEC Pinwriter 2200 printer.
>: >I've tried the basic drivers: Epson 24pin, Epson LQ500, IBM Proprinter,
>: >to no avail, and have look in Hobbes with out any success.  Do any 
>: >net.people know which driver will work with this printer?  TIA.
>: What sort of errors or problems are you encountering?  One of these
>: drivers should have worked.
>  The Epson driver says "Cannot write to LPT1:" and the IBM driver says
>"The printer is not turned on, turn it on."  Well I checked the port, 
>I only have one LPT port..  But as I write this, I may have figured it out.
>OS/2 doesn't like IRQ sharing, If I remenber correct, and my Sound Blaster
>MAY be on IRQ7 as well, If this si correct, WILL OS/2 give me those errors?
>If They Don't share IRQ's what else MIGHT be wrong??  TIA (again:)

Well, let's cross that bridge when we come to it, but you've
identified the problem, I think.  Move the SoundBlaster off IRQ 7 --
you can't share interrupts on an AT bus computer (usually).  IRQ 5 is
normally free (LPT2).

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