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

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From: Tom Bird
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:00

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In article <C0ePEFAFVUc3EwnO@ghastly.demon.co.uk>, 'Dungeon' Dave
<Newsgroup@ghastly.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>Previously in <ep+JdDAmc+b3EwcT@dbqa.demon.co.uk>, Tom
>Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> said:
>>IME Most modern video cards *require* an IRQ.
>I think it's more a case of modern operating systems require an
>IRQ to be assigned to the card so that it can interrogate it plus the
>attached monitor.
>
>I have disabled the IRQ assignment in the BIOS on some
>machines and the OS doesn't seem all that bothered. '95 is the
>only one that kicked up a fuss, claiming that there was a hardware
>fault (or "unknown device") so I left it on for compatibility.

I tried that on my old graphics card (Velocity 128) and it just took an
IRQ anyway.

TB

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From: Tom Bird <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Plug'n'Play? I think not!
Date: 1999/06/25
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