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In <1993Jan5.161014.7033@bcrka451.bnr.ca>, Roy Shepard writes:

>I am  thinking  of adding a SONY CD-ROM  drive to my 486SX.  Are there
>any gotchas with this, especially with regards to conflicts with sound
>boards or COM ports?

>Any feedback would be  appreciated.  Please post to this group though,
>as I don't have external email access.

I'd look out for IRQ conflicts more than anything.  Often, CD-ROMs are set up
on IRQ2 (the cascading interrupt to IRQ10-15?).  I don't believe that they
need specific COM ports like a modem.  There will be no conflict with sound
boards as long as they don't share IRQs (sound boards most often use IRQ7,
and sometimes IRQ5 as well).  COM ports take IRQ3 and IRQ4.  Unless you are
familiar with what IRQs are, your best bet may be to just set it to IRQ2
and forget about it.


Tim Irvin
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