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From: gordon@eecea.eece.ksu.edu (Dwight Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IRQ numbers
Message-ID: <394@eecea.eece.ksu.edu>
Date: 17 Aug 88 13:17:34 GMT
References: <15@ <16800339@clio>
Reply-To: gordon@eecea.UUCP (Dwight Gordon)
Organization: Kansas State University, Manhattan
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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.


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