Re: Serial Link
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Re: Serial Link
Mark Patterson <YSVF03A@prodigy.com> wrote in article
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> I intend to build a link for the TI-82. What I was wondering is how can
> I get a free serial port to hook it too. My present serial configuration
> is two external serial com ports. Com1 and Com2. Com1 is my mouse and
> Com2 is disabled and the address is being used by my internal modem. The
> manual for my computer says that I can reconfigure my modem as Com3 and
> use IRQ 5 for that. However my sound card is presently using this IRQ.
> Can I use Com3 and if I do what IRQ could I use. I believe that I have
> an IRQ in the double digit range available. Would this work for Com3 for
> the modem, so as to free up the external port on Com2. Thanks for any
> help.
> Mark
> -
> MARK PATTERSON YSVF03A@prodigy.com
>
>
>
I had a similar problem and solved it as follows:
I have a Pentium with two onboard serial ports and an internal modem.
My mouse uses COM1 (IRQ4).
My TI-Graph Link uses COM2 (IRQ9). Note: default is IRQ3.
My internal modem uses COM4 (IRQ3).
Another solution is to change the IRQ of your sound card and use COM3
(IRQ5) for your modem. It may also be possible to use COM4 (IRQ2) for the
modem.
Good luck!
Lars
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Stud. scient. oecon.
Lars B. Nielsen
University of Aarhus
<larsbn@mi.aau.dk>
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