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Re: COM3, COM4 support

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From: Glen Herrmannsfeldt
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1991 05:54
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Apparently the reason my COM4 didn't work is that it has
an 8250 and not a 16450.  I put COM3 on IRQ2 --> vector 9,
and it works.  Now I will have to find a 16450.

Someday I should figure out how to support a second disk controller.
It should be about as hard.
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Subject: Re: COM3, COM4 support
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