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- From: kayman@cs.Stanford.EDU (Robert Kayman)
- Subject: Re: COM3 in Windows 3.0
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.092657.17534@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
- Originator: kayman@csd-d-5.Stanford.EDU
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- References: <1992Dec15.145550.3531@nic.csu.net> <1992Dec16.022550.20786@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 09:26:57 GMT
- Lines: 55
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- In article <1992Dec16.022550.20786@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec15.145550.3531@nic.csu.net> steve@caticsuf.csufresno.edu (Steve Mitchell) writes:
- >>
- >>I recently installed an internal modem into my 386.
- >>My machine was already set up to use COM1 for the
- >>mouse and COM2 as a regular serial port. I installed
- >>the internal modem board as COM3, but can't get it
- >>to work under Windows 3.0.
- >>
- >> COM1: 3F8 Mouse
- >> COM2: 2F8 External Serial
- >> COM3: 3E8 Modem Board
- >>
- >>When I attempt to use COM3 in Xtalk for Windows or
- >>in the Windows Terminal program, they say "COM3 is
- >>currently assigned to a DOS application. Do you
- >>want to reassign the port to Windows?"
- >>
- >>When I answer "yes" to the above question the reply
- >>is always "Port already in use."
- >>
- >>All three com ports appear to work fine from DOS. I'm
- >>writing this article from Procomm Plus running on COM3,
- >>for example.
- >>
- >>Any ideas? What am I doing wrong?
- >
- >This should really be in an FAQ somewhere...
- >
- >COM1 and COM3 share the same interrupt..IRQ4. Sometimes DOS will let you use
- >COM3, even if you already have a mouse on COM1, but Windows (especially 3.0)
- >does not work properly with COM3 or COM4, especially if you already have the
- >interrupt taken over by another device, such as your mouse.
- > You either have to move your mouse to COM2 (something Windows 3.0 also
- >probably won't agree with) or move your modem to COM2. You *might* try
- >putting it on COM4, but the way Windows is with 3 and 4, I doubt it'll work...
- >
- >--
- >John Mechalas "I'm not an actor, but
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- You might be interested in looking at some ftp sites for a program that would
- allow to configure COM3/COM4 for windows. Namely, ftp.cica.indiana.edu has
- a file w3setcom.zip in the /pub/pc/win3/util directory.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
- "You mean you want the revised revision of the original revised revision
- revised?!?!"
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- Robert Kayman --- kayman@cs.stanford.edu
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