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From: "Brett Glass" <Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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To: Alex Nash <alex@fa.tdktca.com>, bde@zeta.org.au
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Subject: Re: Multiple COM ports with same IRQ
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> maybe you can tell me how an EISA/ISA box solves the IRQ sharing problem
> for ISA devices.

It doesn't. Only EISA devices or E-ISA devices can share IRQs.