bettablue
Veteran Member
It's taken some time and research, but I finally have the hardware I've been looking for.
I located a network adapter, and a parallel/serial card. This weekend I'll be installing them. I completely understand about setting up IRQs manually for these cards, but I was still curious about installing the parallel/serial card. It is an Everex EV170. I can't tell which revision though. The remaining labeling is just too small for me to read. It has one serial and one parallel port that fits into a single ISA expansion slot. I was also lucky enough to find setup instructions for this card on the web. Lucky, because there about 40 different pin settings and 8 dip switches.
My best friend who used to work on these when they were new, seems to remember setting up 3 IRQs to get the parallel/serial card working properly. That doesn't sound right to me. From what I found both on the web and in a couple of books I purchased on installing expansion cards on the 5150, it should only take 2 IRQs; one for the parallel port and one for the serial port.
I can't think of any reason why it would require more than just the two. Any thoughts before I get into it this weekend?
I located a network adapter, and a parallel/serial card. This weekend I'll be installing them. I completely understand about setting up IRQs manually for these cards, but I was still curious about installing the parallel/serial card. It is an Everex EV170. I can't tell which revision though. The remaining labeling is just too small for me to read. It has one serial and one parallel port that fits into a single ISA expansion slot. I was also lucky enough to find setup instructions for this card on the web. Lucky, because there about 40 different pin settings and 8 dip switches.
My best friend who used to work on these when they were new, seems to remember setting up 3 IRQs to get the parallel/serial card working properly. That doesn't sound right to me. From what I found both on the web and in a couple of books I purchased on installing expansion cards on the 5150, it should only take 2 IRQs; one for the parallel port and one for the serial port.
I can't think of any reason why it would require more than just the two. Any thoughts before I get into it this weekend?