From: Andrew J. Cosgriff ! (andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au)
Date: 02/21/93


From: andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !)
Subject: Re: using 3 ttyS* at the same time
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 01:06:44 GMT

gui@socrates.et.tudelft.nl (Guillermo Cuppers) writes:

>I am trying to connect 2 terminals and a mouse to my linux machine. Connecting
>each of them separately works fine. I have problems when I connect two serial
>devices to two COM ports using the same IRQ (i.e. COM1 and COM3 or COM2 and
>COM4). The symptoms are that I need to produce traffic alternately on the two
>ports otherwise it hangs. Has somebody had the same problem? Am I doing something
>wrong? Should I change the IRQ's ?

*Yes*

(either that or get a four-port serial card...)

Enjoy !

Cos !

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