Re: ISR16550

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From: Bill T (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 05:51:05 -0800

The EXAR QUART is on an ISA bus and each of the 4 ports has a unique IRQ - no interrupts are shared.

I am curious why being on a PCI bus or sharing interrupts would be a problem. Could you comment on this a bit/

Thanks

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