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- From: jeffb@audiolab.UWaterloo.ca (jeff bamford)
- Subject: Re: How to set up COM 4 in Terminal??.
- Message-ID: <BuKw51.JE9@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
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- Organization: Audio Research Group, University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Sep13.163443.21327@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <rdippold.716446251@cancun>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:19:48 GMT
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- In article <rdippold.716446251@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
- >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).
- >
- >>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.
-
- What I did was to run "Microsoft Diagnostics" which came with
- Windows and determined the address of the port. More than likely
- Windows gets serial port addresses wrong. Once you know the address
- of the port, run Control Panel and select the ports and enter in
- the address of the port. Jeff B.
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