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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: slow print problem
Date: 26 Jun 1996 11:12:37 -0500
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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Terry Lambert (terry@lambert.org) wrote:
: Your printer port is on IRQ 7, which is the "garbage" interrupt
: for all unrecognized interrupts, and you have some other device
: that is generating unexpected interrupts that are going to IRQ 7
: and flaking out the printer driver; probably a sound card with
: an open collector microphone connection, or a video card that's
: spitting vertical retrace interrupts onto IRQ 2.

What's a "garbage" interrupt ?  Do you mean "you may have a conflicting
interrupt" ?  Can you elaborate ?

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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....