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From: drift@qut.edu.au (Glenn Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: *** CHANGING IRQx TO SUPPORT MORE THAN 2 COM PORTS ***
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.070758.27965@qut.edu.au>
Date: 27 Apr 91 12:07:58 GMT
References: <6115@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
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In article <6115@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) writes:
> 	So, MY QUESTION !!!
> 
> 	If I can set the IRQ for a particular device, Can I Get Windows
> 	to Support more than TWO com ports simultaneously ???

You can do this on a EISA or MCA machine, so the doco says.
I think SYSINI.TXT (or SYSINI2) has some stuff on this and there
was also some stuff in Interrupt Sharing on OnLine.

Basically, forget it. I think it is hackable. I have done it in DOS
on non-MCA machines but you have to hack your coms cards IRQ output
line - not pretty. I did it on a multi-port card so it was easy to set
up.

But basically no, unless you are one of the four people with an EISA
or MCA machine.

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