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I/0 Addresses and IRQ
HARDWARE 102
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09/29/2005

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Term
System Timer
Definition
0040-005f
IRQ=0
Term
Keyboard controller
Definition
0060-006f
IRQ=1
Term
Access to IRQs above 7
Definition
00a0-00af
IRQ=2
Term
COM2
Definition
02f8-02ff
IRQ=3
Term
COM4
Definition
02e8-02ef
IRQ=3
Term
COM1
Definition
03f8-03ff
IRQ4
Term
COM3
Definition
03e8-03ef IRQ=4
Term
sound card or paralled port LPT2
Definition
0278-027f
irq=5
Term
floppy drive controller
Definition
03f0-03f7
irq6
Term
printer parallel port LPT1
Definition
0378-037f
irq7
Term
real time clock
Definition
0070-007f
irq8
Term
available
Definition
irq9-10
Term
SCSI or available
Definition
irq11
Term
motherboard mouse
Definition
0238-023f irq 12
Term
math comprocessor
Definition
00f8-00ff
irq 13
Term
IDE hard drive
Definition
01f0-01f7
irq14
Term
secondary IDE hard drive or avialable
Definition
0170-017f
irq15
Term
what is the purpose of the purpse of the second IRQ controller?
Definition
second IRQ controller uses IRQ 2 to signal the first IRQ controller
Term
priority level of IRQ
Definition
0,1(8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15),3,4,5,6,7
Term
what are the 4 system resources?
Definition
IRQ's-interrupt requests
I/O Addresses
Direct Memory Access Channels (DMA)
Memory Addresses
Term
IRQ
Definition
initiated by a hardware device and signal the cpu that a device needs attention


-each irq line is assigned a number to identify it, and irqs are proccessed according to the priority of the device.
Term
I/O address
Definition
each device has a unique (hexadecimal) I/O address.

-software signals are broadcast and each device essentially "listens" for its unique address-when it hears the address it performs whatever action is requested
Term
DMA
Definition
direct memory access channels-devices to place some value directly in an assigned memory address or location without attention or action by the cpu.--output from video device to the monitor
Term
memory addresses
Definition
are hexadecimal-numbers assigned to specific physical memory located either in RAM or ROM-- software can access this memory by using these addresses. Memory addresses are communciation on the address bus.
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