System interrupts, Confidential – Epson SR-600 User Manual

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Hardware Specifications

Rev.A

Confidential

System Interrupts

The system provides two cascade connections to 8259A-equivalent interrupt controller and
carries 15 levels of interrupts, besides

NMIs.

Table 5-3 shows the application for each interrupts.

However, you can change the serial and parallel interrupts from the BIOS setup program or Plug
& Play function.

*1: It cannot be changed when the device is in use, but can be cleared when not in use.

*2: IRQ15 is assigned in the secondary IED, but not used in SR-600.

Table 5-3 System interrupts

Controller 1

Controller 2

Application

Can be
changed

IRQ0

Timer

IRQ1

Keyboard

IRQ2

Controller 2 cascade

IRQ8

RTC

IRQ9

Not used

O

IRQ10

Serial port 4

O

IRQ11

Serial port 3

O

IRQ12

Mouse

O

IRQ13

Numerical operation co-processor

IRQ14

Hard disk controller (Primary)

▲ *1

IRQ15

Hard disk controller (Secondary)

▲ *2

IRQ3

Serial port 2

O

IRQ4

Serial port 1

O

IRQ5

Not used

O

IRQ6

Floppy disk controller

IRQ7

Parallel port 1

O

NMI

I/O error check

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