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Subject:	Re: IRQ - INT, what's the difference?
Date:	Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:41:53 CET
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IRQ stands for Interrupt Request - it's a way of telling apart
hardware interrupts. Different devices can use different IRQ
numbers. Original 8086 and 80286 processors
have no direct means to differentiate between hardware interrupts
(except NMI). The Interrupt Controller chip takes care of that with
its IRQ numbering system - at least according to my knowledge. (please
someone correct me if I'm wrong!) 


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On 7 Dec 1998, Spike wrote:

> HI!
> 
> What's the difference between INT and IRQ?
> 
> SPIKE
> 
> 
> 

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