Re^2: 4 Port Serial Boards

[Craig W. Shaver]

In article <1990Oct15.005916.21858 at unixland.uucp>, bill at unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes:
	....
> 
> If one of these 4-port boards is installed in a 386, can the existing
> two serial ports (on a generic i/o card) remain installed, giving a 
> total of 6 ports (plus retaining the parallel port on that card)?
> 

Yes you can.  By setting the interrupt and dip switches properly you can
use most of the 8 bit interrupt vectors.  You may have all 4 ports on
1 interrupt and there are a couple of options to allow you to use ports
on their own interrupt.  6 ports are possible!


Craig W. Shaver


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