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Serial Port Configures the serial port. Set this option to Auto (default),

Enabled, or Disabled. If set to Enabled, you can set the fol-

lowing additional options:

Base I/O

Address Available I/O addresses are COM1, COM2, COM3, and

COM4.

Interrupt Available interrupts are IRQ3 and IRQ4.

NOTE: The Glossary in the

Online Guide

defines abbreviations and acronyms.

Contents

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