Subject: Re: Shared IRQs (WAS: Problems talking to Zoom internal at com3)
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@blackhole.arkham.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/22/1997 19:57:30
Matthias Scheler drunkenly mumbled...
> 
> If you need more than two com ports go e.g. for an AST multi serial
> card before trying your luck with shared IRQs.

yea, this is the best way to go.  ISA isn't all that "smart" and sharing IRQs
on an ISA (x86 architucture) is a bad idea usually.

-brian

-- 
I'm asking because I've got two VS3100's in need of a real and pleasant to
use operating system.  (VMS is unpleasant and Ultrix is not a real OS). 

		-Brian D Chase (asking about NetBSD support of the VS3100)