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SB IRQ

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First post, by swaaye

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So, this has perplexed me for a while but I've just accepted it. UNTIL NOW! 😀

My old SBPro defaulted to IRQ 5. SB16 defaults to IRQ5, too. So, why does DOSBOX use 7?

Reply 1 of 4, by Great Hierophant

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Because the oldest SBPros and SBs defaulted to 7.

Reply 2 of 4, by mg55

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I'm not certain, but I thought some very old games also assumed an SB IRQ of 7 and provided no way to tell the game otherwise.

Reply 3 of 4, by swaaye

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Well if a game is hard-coded for IRQ 7, then it makes sense. Lots of games do seem to default to IRQ 5, however, but they are also re-configurable. And, of course, so is dosbox.conf so it doesn't matter whatsoever. Still an interesting choice to go with IRQ7 and I wondered why.

Reply 4 of 4, by Qbix

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the reason Great Hierophant is why we chose 7

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