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Re: Plug'n'Play? I think not!

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From: Paul Richards
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:00
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Tom Bird writes,
[stuff about IRQ's]

It's amazing how much trouble some ppl have with IRQ's and I've never
had any problems with them.  I've got 2 ISA cards, 2 PCI cards, 2 COM
ports (do these take IRQ's?) and 1 LPT port (takes an IRQ?).  How many
IRQ's do PC's have?  Is there a "map" of IRQ's somewhere that shows you
what's attached to them?

I suppose juggling IRQ's was like the good ol' days of juggling about to
get 3 Kb more conventional memory...?
-- 
Paul Richards (AKA Pauldoo)
mailto:paul@dunvegan1.demon.co.uk
http://www.dunvegan1.demon.co.uk/paul/info.html
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From: Paul Richards <Paul@dunvegan1.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Plug'n'Play? I think not!
Date: 1999/06/29
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