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Date:      Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:32:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>, davidg@Root.COM, dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au, SimsS@Infi.Net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960710112935.21371B-100000@harlie>
In-Reply-To: <4462.837016183@time.cdrom.com>

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On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> "standard setting" is.  sio2/3 have already gone and I can hardly
> accept the argument that 4 port PCs are any kind of norm.  I've seen
> literally hundreds of different PC configurations and in all but a few
> very rare cases, it's always the same 2 ser/1 par/1 game combo.

Agreed with on machines coming off the shelf that way, but most people I
know that add an internal modem add it as com3/irq5, since they don't have
to figure out how to disable a comm port.  which isn't 4 port, but it also
isn't two port.





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