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- From: ashok@biochemistry.cwru.edu (Ashok Aiyar)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Re: bypass resetting com-ports when starting Win3.1
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 05:03:23 GMT
- Organization: CWRU School of Medicine
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- Message-ID: <ashok.213.726555802@biochemistry.cwru.edu>
- References: <1993Jan9.034942.1536@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan9.034942.1536@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> wai@mackinac.ecn.purdue.edu (Benjamin Wai) writes:
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- > Is there a way to force Win3.1 to bypass resetting the com ports when
- > it starts up? I have had a modem connected to com 1, and I am wondering
- > whether I can avoid all those dialling/logging-in procedures everytime
- > I enter windows which always disconnect the any existing connections.
-
- Hmm. I always start a dial-in SLIP connection before I enter Windows, and I
- have *never* lost the connection due to starting Windows. The only thing that
- I can think of is that I have disabled both DCD and DTR in my modem
- (at&c0&d0), so you may want to try that.
-
- Ashok
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- Ashok Aiyar
- Department of Biochemistry
- CWRU School of Medicine
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