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Re: Shared printer port ?
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Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:49:38 -0600
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 5:31 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Shared printer port ?


> I have a NT Server box that I want to install a second printer port
card
> ...ISA.
> The card allows me to jumper it to IRQ 5 or 7
> The sound card is using 5 and the existing printer port is using 7.
> Since I am the only one accessing this  Server and i won't be using
the two
> printers simultaneously I thought I would just share the IRQ7.
> Does any one know if / why this would not work ?

This should be no problem.  I used to have three parallel ports
installed and still have two ports and all of them have always been set
to share IRQ 7.

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