IBM 5120 (was Re: My First S-100 System)

From: Scarletdown <SecretaryBird_at_SoftHome.net>
Date: Sun Oct 13 23:28:01 2002

On 14 Oct 2002 at 0:23, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:



> I don't think you'll be able to run all four serial ports at the
> same
> time; that is, if they share IRQs you probably won't be able to. I
> was able to shoehorn in four on my main Linux system, but I had to
> give each one its own IRQ, and modify the serial driver (that was
> easier for me than attempting to dig up the required kernel command
> line arguments).
>

Fortunately, the second serial card has jumpers for using IRQ 5 and 9
as well. Since there won't be a sound card or a mouse, there
shouldn't be any conflicts.

-- Scarletdown
Received on Sun Oct 13 2002 - 23:28:01 BST