Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!sungod!davidsen From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Generating interrupts from the serial port Message-ID: <1620@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 10 Aug 89 19:04:19 GMT References: <1026@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: General Electric Corp. R&D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 8 Bcc: davidsen@crdos1 I haven't done this since the XT was new stuff, but I believe that there are three things to be done, enable the interrupt in the USART, enable the interrupt controller mask (8259) and enable the serial interrupts on the motherboard. It's all in the tech ref manual (hint). bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me