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From: zgel05@apctrc.UUCP (George E. Lehmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IRQ numbers
Message-ID: <508@flyer.apctrc.UUCP>
Date: 19 Aug 88 12:12:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: flyer.508
References: <15@ <16800339@clio> <394@eecea.eece.ksu.edu>
Reply-To: zgel05@flyer.UUCP (George E. Lehmann)
Organization: Amoco Production Co, Tulsa Research Center
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In article <394@eecea.eece.ksu.edu> gordon@eecea.UUCP (Dwight Gordon) writes:
>In article <16800339@clio> berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu writes:
>>lpt2 uses IRQ5 traditionally.
>DO NOT USE IRQ5 if you have an IBM-XT class machine.  The IBM/XEBEC fixed-
>disk adapter uses IRQ5.  On XT class machines there is only one IRQ line
>dedicated for use with any/all parallel printers - IRQ7.

With the amount of discussion this one IRQ has has raised, it highlights
a need.  Does anyone have a comprehensive list of IRQ usage, or at least a
basic tutorial on which IRQs the machines use with standard (IBM or IBM-
emulating) hardware?  Such a list would be vary useful to me.  Thanks...
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George Lehmann,  ...!uunet!apctrc!zgel05
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