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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit and FASTCOM8 card
Message-Id: <1995Dec8.081338.69127@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 8 Dec 95 08:13:38 MDT
References: <4a7eca$3i9@midgard.calvacom.fr>
Organization: Utah State University
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In article <4a7eca$3i9@midgard.calvacom.fr>, do11@calvacom.fr (Dominique Ottello) writes:
> Hello from France.
>
> I apologize for my wrong English.
>
> I try to use, on a PC with MS-DOS Kermit 3.14, a com card with 8 16550
> ports. The card is nammed FASTCOM8. this card is configured with
> address 280 and IRQ 5
> I use : set com3 \x280 5
> set port 3
> set speed 38400
> and so on
>
> The lines are connected to host VME using Motorola Versados.
> When I use standard PC COM1 or COM2 with the same mskermit.ini file but
> set port 1 or set port 2 in place of set com3 \x280 5 set port 3,
> all things works fine.
>
> When I want to use the Fastcom8 card, things seem to works well, but I have
> no echo on PC screen in all case : connect mode or with set input echo on
> but the PC login on the host is correct.
>
> May I have any answer about this problem because the only difference is :
>
> COM1 or COM2 FASTCOM8
> set port 1 in place of set com3 \x280 5
> or set port 2 set port 3
>
> Is there any problem with IRQ I choose or DMA channel or anything else
> in the setup of the PC.
> I connect a RS232 spy box on the line and there is activity on the Receive
> line but nothing on the PC screen
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Your nice multiple port board does not look like a standard serial
port on the PC side, thus MS-DOS Kermit can't access it. The board requires
special software from the maker.
Joe D.