Believe Eric's talking about COM6 here, NOT IRQ6 . . .
73,
Barry N1EU
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>From: Ed <k4sb@akorn.net>
>To: Eric Rosenberg <wd3q@erols.com>, writelog@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Trouble With Byterunner PI-400 Card and Paccket
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 17:05:36 +0000
>
>
>
>
>Eric Rosenberg wrote:
> >
> > I have a Byterunner PCI-400 4-port PCI serial card that I successfully
> > used in my old P1/166.
> >
> > I can't get it to work on my P3/550 machine, where the card provides
> > com 3-4-5-6...
>
>Well, one error and one solution come to mind. IRQ6 is dedicated to
>the floppy drive controller and will not work if one is installed.
>
>Solution is to disable the floppys in BIOS and then you should be able
>to use the card.
>
>I also wonder about that card even using IRQ6. Have you checked to see
>if perhaps that port will work when using IRQ9. Thinking of a misprint
>here.
>
>73
>Ed
>
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