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[WriteLog] WriteLog, shared IRQs and COM ports

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Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog, shared IRQs and COM ports
From: w7ti@dslextreme.com (Bill Turner)
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 07:21:10 -0800
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 22:03:07 -0000, Robert Peterson wrote:

> I'm assuming that systems that allow IRQ
>sharing have some way of telling which device requested the interrupt and
>activate the appropriate interrupt handler.  The actual IRQ number is not
>the limiting factor that it used to be. 

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Windows XP is especially good at sharing IRQs.  That alone is
reason enough to upgrade, IMO.  I've been using it for about a
year now with all kinds of programs and hardware and never a
conflict.  I didn't have to set any IRQs myself - WinXP handled
it all.

73, Bill W7TI

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