Third serial port
Steven H. Izen
izen at amelia.nas.nasa.gov
Thu Dec 21 04:53:36 AEST 1989
In article <1989Dec19.220018.18080 at ico.isc.com> rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>IRQ2 on a PC corresponds to IRQ9 on the AT bus--which includes the 386 ISA
>machines. By that I mean that the line on the bus which generates an IRQ2
>on a PC generates an IRQ9 on an AT (since, because of the reason Cahill
>points out, it wouldn't make sense to have an IRQ2 bus line). So, if you
>have a board which is designed to have "IRQ2" as one of its choices,
>selecting that will give you an IRQ9 on an AT-bus machine without further
>ado.
Yes, but if you have a VGA (or EGA) will the vertical retrace interrupt,
which according to TFMs goes on IRQ9, get in the way?
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