Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdcsu!dmurdoch
From: dmurdoch@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (D.J. Murdoch - Statistics)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: IRQ2 used by VGA?
Summary: Can an XT clone support both a bus MS mouse and a VGA?
Message-ID: <5206@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Date: 28 Oct 88 00:49:16 GMT
Reply-To: dmurdoch@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (D.J. Murdoch - Statistics)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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I just bought a Microsoft bus mouse for my XT clone.  (They're offering an
excellent educational discount.)  When installing it, I found that the only
interrupt line I had free was IRQ2, which is listed as conflicting only with
an EGA and a network adapter.  I don't have any plans to get a network adapter,
but would like to upgrade from monochrome to colour.  Does the VGA also use
IRQ2?  If so, is it possible to double up devices on IRQ lines without
killing everything?

Thanks for any help.  If it's email'd, I'll summarize and post.

Duncan Murdoch