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- From: Don.Johnson@f107.n207.z1.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: communications and D
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- Date: 14 Sep 92 13:54:00
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- NAP>>Why? Try resetting your modem to COM2 -- it isn't kosher to leave
- NAP>>"holes" in the COM port assignments.
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- NAP>I should have stated this before. I have to use COM4 because another
- progra
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- NAP>will not allow me to use COM2 for some reason. So I have to set the modem
- t
- NAP>COM4 and tell this program to use COM4. Anyway, I tried COM2 with the
- NAP>comm program that does not print anything on the screen under OS2, and it
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- NAP>the same thing-it still did not print anything on the screen.
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- Even if you have no device plugged into COM2, it may still be enabled.
- Make sure it's physically disabled on your I/O card, then move modem to
- COM2. Also, you could leave your modem on COM4 if you ensure it's using
- a different interrupt from COM2 (and all other devices).
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- If you leave the modem on COM4, be sure to configure
- DEVICE=SYS.COM (4,hex address,irq)
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- =Don Johnson=
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