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From: [e-mail] (Thomas David Nichols)
Subject: MSK 3.14 and Windows - Success!
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The problem was this:
After a Windows program (CompuServe Information Manager for Windows
in my case) uses a COM port, Windows does not allow MS-Kermit 3.14
to test the port for UART characteristics on the first attempt.  A
second attempt succeeds if enough time has passed.  I had found a
way to test for the error in my MSCUSTOM.INI script, but I had not
been able to correct the error under script control.

Here is the MSCUSTOM.INI segment that finally succeeded.  Among the
errors in my previous attempts, I had tried to continue the
"echo" line, which resulted in the next command's being ignored.
I have not yet tried shorter sleep periods, but two seconds is not
bad if it works!

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}

--
David Nichols  <[e-mail]>  Heliotrope Quality Systems