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Re: "Winmodems" (Support in Linux)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Wed Nov 18 11:38:03 1998

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:36:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Aaron Clow wrote:

> Wouldn't the addition of two more serial ports cause even more IRQ
> problems? How did it work for you? I've never added a "port" card, be it a
> gameport card, or USB card or whatnot...

Aaron,

  In your case, two new serial ports might be a problem. However, the
internal modem is using a port number and in interrupt (IRQ). Assign
whatever it's using to the card you put in and hook up only one of the ports
available on the card. Should work without a problem.

Rich

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