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- From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: How to set up COM 4 in Terminal??.
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 04:50:51 GMT
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- gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook|xxxxxx) writes:
- >My modem is using COM 4 (I can't use com2 or com3 without changing
- >things on my serial card, and I don't really want to do that).
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- >When I try to set up com 4 in windows Terminal, it won't let me (not
- >supported or in use by something else). It will accept com 1-3 but
- >that's not where my modem is.
-
- Catch-22. Windows really, _really_ wants you to use your COM ports in
- order. There are solutions, including purchasing the TurboComm drivers
- for Windows, but it'll probably be easier in the long run to set up
- COM2 correctly.
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- Logic is an organized way of going wrong with confidence. -- Kettering
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