From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: Soundblaster IRQ and Port settings
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The Cybard (dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu) wrote:
: uzun@netcom.com (William Roger Uzun) writes:

: >I have a SoundBlaster board in a 486-SX PC, and I have it
: >jumpered to IRQ 7, port 220h.  Will this conflict with my
: >parallel port?  I just have an IDE controller, a multi-IO board
: >with 2ser, 1Par port and a VGA board.  Should I choose
: >another IRQ besides 7?  Or is IRQ 7 safe to use on 486 Motherboards?

: Recently I was adding a modem to my computer, and I noticed that LPT1 uses
: IRQ-7 and so does my SB card (220h).  I've never had a problem, but I'm
: just wondering why not.  I thought this would cause a conflict.  

I would also like an explanation of this. If anyone can explain
why the SB Pro and LPT 1 can share an IRQ, please do so.
Thanks

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