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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: ?Warning:unknown hardware for port
Message-Id: <1995Oct10.185218.63372@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 95 18:52:18 MDT
References: <445vuc$4g6@raffles.technet.sg> <45ecn3$ifr@sloth.swcp.com>
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In article <45ecn3$ifr@sloth.swcp.com>, helios@swcp.com (Thomas David Nichols) writes:
> I, too, get frequent "unknown hardware for port" errors when running
> MS-Kermit in a DOS window. It is nearly 100% repeatable when I use the
> CompuServe Information Manager for Windows first, but it sometimes happens
> when the DOS window is my first operation. Here is the workaround I found
> when we hashed it out on this newsgroup a few months ago:
>
> set com4 \x2e8 3
> set port 4 ; Change if desired. If COM3 or 4, read KERMIT.BWR.
> if equal \v(port) Bios4 -
> echo {Trying "set port 4" again}
> if equal \v(port) Bios4 -
> sleep 2, set port 4
> if equal \v(port) Bios4 -
> fatal {Try repeating TAKE MSCUSTOM.INI}
>
> This has gotten MSK off and limping every time so far. I use a special
> script that sets the speed at 19,200 bps, and I have optimized the DOS
> window (full-screen, etc.), so that I draw only a few errors per
> download. When I want reliable operation at 57,600 bps, I run MSK
> from the "real" DOS. Then, it's a dream!
>
> (I have a 486/66, Windows 3.1, mouse on COM1, 8 megs RAM, generous swap
> file, no expanded memory, no exotic TSR's.)
Has it ocurred to you that there is a glaring conflict over IRQ 3
in your setup? IRQ 3 also belongs to normally COM2 so if any device has
IRQ 3 engaged via jumper or soft setup is conflicting with your wanted
serial port.
Joe D.
> --
> Thomas David Nichols Heliotrope Quality Systems, 1-505-298-4657
> Quality Auditing, Quality Manuals, Statistics, ISO-9000 Consulting