🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.intel
Article #2229

Re: IRQs and Endeavour Board & W95

#2229
From: Richard Ashton
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 00:00
41 lines
2138 bytes
In article <837293587snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
           David@longley.demon.co.uk "David Longley" writes:

} In article <837257759snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk>
}            news@horizon.co.uk "Richard Ashton" writes:
}
} > In article <omlet.31e7144cwn@news.wolfe.net>
} >            _@_._ "Chris Pirih, proverbs at wolfenet dot com" writes:
} >
} > } In article <836848634snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk>,
} > }  Richard Ashton <antispam@horizon.co.uk> wrote:
} > } | SPARE IRQ 13, and Most OS's don't need IRQ 7 for the printer.
} > }
} > } I thought IRQ 13 was used by the FPU.  Or was it just the old
} > } external FPUs (8087, 287, 387) that did that?
} >
} > Correct, only if the 80387 etc were external to the processor is IRQ13
} > needed, it is spare on all (normal) 486's and Pentium machines.
} >
} > {R}
} >
} >
} But how can you allocate 12 or 13 (or 7) under windows 95? Except for the
} latter (where I get a message that there is a conflict with LPT1:, I have
} not control over these IRQs.

I refuse to tell you again. My machine works perfectly with all
hardware functioning on all the following operating systems.

PC-DOS 7.0
Windows 3.1
Windows95
Windows NT Workstation
Windows NT Server
Novell 4.1
OS/2 WARP Connect
OS/2 WARP Server
Linux 1.3.59 - 2.0.8

{R}  http://www.ftech.net/~horizon/richard/harold.hts
Technical Details
Message-ID: <837300990snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <836773997snz@longley.demon.co.uk> <836848634snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk> <omlet.31e7144cwn@news.wolfe.net> <837257759snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk> <837293587snz@longley.demon.co.uk>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,5769e81f2a3a20a2
X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public
X-Google-Thread: 110292,5769e81f2a3a20a2
X-Google-Attributes: gid110292,public
From: Richard Ashton <antispam@horizon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: IRQs and Endeavour Board & W95
Date: 1996/07/13
Message-ID: <837300990snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk>
X-Deja-AN: 168249720
x-nntp-posting-host: corixia.demon.co.uk
references: <836773997snz@longley.demon.co.uk> <836848634snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk> <omlet.31e7144cwn@news.wolfe.net> <837257759snz129.os2.7@horizon.co.uk> <837293587snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
x-mail2news-path: corixia.demon.co.uk
organization: richard at corixia.demon
reply-to: news@horizon.co.uk
newsgroups: comp.sys.intel,demon.tech.pc