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From: eli@robechq.UUCP (Eli Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.xenix.misc,comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: 3c503 etherus interruptus
Message-ID: <6@robechq.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 91 13:54:16 GMT
References: <1991Feb3.225956.28698@m2xenix.psg.com> <1991Feb7.144231.1699@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Feb8.162601@epic.bellcore.com> <14518@scorn.sco.COM>
Reply-To: eli@robechq.UUCP (Eli Levine)
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Organization: Robec Distributors
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In article <14518@scorn.sco.COM> ericd@sco.COM (Eric Davis) writes:
>
>In article <1991Feb8.162601@epic.bellcore.com> karn@thumper.bellcore.com writes:
>>Be careful. Although it is not widely documented, VGA cards (and I
>>believe EGA) use IRQ2 to signal vertical retrace.
>
>I have seen a very few EGA cards and no VGA's that do.
>I also have never had trouble installing a ether card on int 2.
>
>Eric Davis                      () INTERNET -=> ericd@sco.COM
>Technical Support Engineer II   () UUCP     -=> {uunet|sun|att|ucsc}!sco!ericd
>The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.  ()=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Most surprising Eric.  At Robec, we've found it to be a
common problem.  The odd part I'd like to add is that I've
never seen an EGA do it, but VGA conflicts seem common.  :-(

Eli Levine @Robec Distributors