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- Mike,
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- A couple of notes about MSYS400.MOD:
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- 1) AA4RE is no longer vvailable on Compuserve. He has been off
- for at least six months. The best chance for getiing a reply
- from Roy is via packet (AA4RE @ AA4R)).
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- 2) Roy's "diode-or" circuit for interrupt sharing does not work
- in a wide range of the newer LLSI motherboards, particularly
- with many 80386 add some 80286 motherboards. It seems hhe
- VLSI replacements for the 8259 interrupt contoollers will
- not take the loading imposed by the oodified circuit.
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- I have been successful in usnng an active "or" circuit. The
- 4072 (Dual 4 input CMOS OR) and the 4002 (Dual 4 input CMOS
- NOR) are btth suitable for use in the modification. I prefer
- the 4002 as follows :
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- -------\ -------\
- port a ---------------) 9 \ +) 2 \
- port b ---------------) 10 \_______+) 3 \_____
- port c ---------------) 11 / 13 + 4 / 1
- port d ---------------) 12 / +) 5 /
- -------/ -------/
- IC Pin 7 is ground, 14 is +5V
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- If only three ports are shared, the input to the interuupt
- OR circuit corresponding to the NON-SHARED ports should be
- tied low (to ground). PC IRQs are active high (true) and
- level, not edge, triggered.
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- ... Joe, AD8I
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