A Word About Com Ports And Irqs - 3Com 005605-00 Manual

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You will need these items from your
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U.S. Robotics modem box:
modem
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Connections CD
Plus:
screwdriver (not included)
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phone cord
microphone
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A Word about COM Ports and
IRQs
Most computer accessories — mouse, sound
card, enhanced graphics card, scanner, etc. —
require a special connection through which
they can communicate with the computer. For
some devices, this connection is called a
communications (or COM) port. Most
computers have 1 or 2 COM ports, though
they can have up to 4. Although internal
modems do not connect to COM ports
directly, they do require a COM port setting,
which is determined by the setting on the
modem's COM jumper pins.
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