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- From: vernonls@community.net (Vernon Sandusky)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Switching from COMM4 to COMM2
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 01:03:36 GMT
- Organization: Digital America
- Message-ID: <4khlp9$m42@oracle.damerica.net>
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- Peter Lenny (lenny@ax.apc.org) wrote:
- : On Tue, 2 Apr 1996 10:46:12 -0700, Chad Payne <chad@split.com> wrote:
-
- : >> I tried switching my internal modem from Comm4 to Comm2. This because of the
- : >> conlict between my Diamond Stealth Video Cart en my modem on comm4. However,
- : >> just changing a few switches on my modem just doesn't cut it!
- : >>
- : >> Can someone help me with this problem??
- : >
- : >Never put an internal modem on com 1 or 2. Your computer already has a
- : >com 1 and 2 port. This will cause com port conflicts. The best place to
-
- The above is a bunch of bs. I have installed many internal modems on
- com2, and most of them come preset for com1, irq4. If you have a serial
- mouse which uses com1, then the next logical place to put it is on com2,
- irq3, but you can put them on other com ports as well. RTFM
-
- Vern
-
- : >put an internal
- modem is on Com 3, IRQ 5. The IRQ 5 setting is
- : >important. Never set an internal modem to use IRQ 3 or 4, as these are
- : >the IRQs Com ports 1 and 2 use.
-
- : You can disable either of the preset com ports (1 and 2) by moving
- : jumpers (usually) on your i/o board; once disabled on the i/o board,
- : you can install what you like at those ports.
-
- : That's what I did and my modem is now on com2 and happy.
-
- : If you have the documentation, it's far simpler than messing around
- : with non-standard settings. especially if you have some other board
- : (video, sound, etc.) already installed and configured.
-
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