Parallel Port - Acer Altos 500 Series User Manual

IRQ
This function lets you assign an interrupt for serial ports 1 and 2. The options for
serial ports 1 are IRQ 4 and 11. The options for serial port 2 are IRQ 3 and 10.
2.5.2

Parallel Port

This parameter allows you to enable or disable the parallel port.
Base Address
This function lets you set a logical base address for the parallel port. The options
are:
3BCh
The default setting is 378h.
IRQ
This function lets you assign an interrupt for the parallel port. The options are IRQ
5 and 7.
The Base Address and IRQ parameters for
each port are configurable only if the port is
enabled.
378h
The Base Address and IRQ parameters are
configurable only if Parallel Port is enabled.
If you install an add-on card that has a
parallel port whose address conflicts with the
onboard parallel port, a warning appears on
the screen.
Check the parallel port address of the add-on
card and change the address to one that
does not conflict.
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