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- CREATIVE PORTFIX 82C710
- version 1.00
-
- Creative Labs, Inc.
- 15 June 1992
-
- Description:
- ------------
- PORTFIX was written to enable the serial and parallel ports on
- motherboards with the Chip & Technologies 82C710 Universal Peripheral
- Controller and an installed Sound Blaster board.
-
- This program turns on the serial port (3F8h) and the parallel port
- (378h) if it is not already provided on an external card. If they
- are already on an external board then the on-board ports will remain
- unavailable.
-
-
- Installation:
- -------------
-
- Using your favorite editor, place PORTFIX in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- before any programs which use the serial port. This includes mouse
- drivers, fossil drivers, and communication programs. To do
- this using Microsoft EDIT (MS-DOS v5.0 or later only), type:
-
- C:\>edit AUTOEXEC.BAT
-
- This will bring up your AUTOEXEC.BAT file into a full-screen
- editor. After you are finished modifying your autoexec.bat
- file, choose <FILE> from the menubar, then choose <SAVE> to
- save the file. For more information on EDIT and your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file, consult your MS-DOS manual.
-
- BEFORE AFTER
- ------------------------ ------------------------
- echo off echo off
- cls cls
- prompt $p$g prompt $p$g
- path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\utils path=c:\;c:\dos;c:\utils
- mouse.com --> PORTFIX.COM
- . mouse.com
- . .
- . .
- .
-
- This is an example of the 82C710 initializing properly:
-
- Creative Port Fix I (82C710), version 1.00
- Copyright (c) Creative Labs, Inc., 1992. All right's reserved.
- Configuration Port moved to 3A0.
- COM1 was turned on.
-
- Only COM1 was initialized here but LPT1 or LPT2 (monochrome only)
- may be also be initialized.
-
-
- Errors:
- -------
-
- Invalid command line:
-
- 1. A non-hexidecimal value or zero was entered.
- Fix: Use default (no command line) or hexidecimal address.
-
- 2. More than one option was given on the command line.
- Fix: Use default (no command line) or only one option.
-
-
- Error - 82C710 chip not detected in your system:
-
- 1. 82C710 chip is not used.
- Fix: Use different version of PORTFIX.
-
- 2. The port address (default: 3A0h) conflicts with another device
- in the system.
- Fix: Use different address.
-
-
- Error - Serial port (COM1) did not initialize:
-
- 1. 82C710 chip on the motherboard is bad.
- Fix: Repair motherboard or purchase an I/O card.
-
-
- Error - Parallel port (LPT1) did not initialize:
-
- 1. 82C710 chip on the motherboard is bad.
- Fix: Repair motherboard or purchase an I/O card.
-
- *********************************************************************
- * *
- * NOTE: If there are no errors reported but the port still will not *
- * turn on then there must be another card using that port's *
- * address. *
- * *
- *********************************************************************
-
-
- Command Line Options:
- ---------------------
-
- Only one command line option is available. If neccessary, the port
- address may be changed by listing the port address you wish to use
- after the filename.
-
- Examples: PORTFIX 3A0 (default)
- PORTFIX 210
- PORTFIX 230
- PORTFIX 360
- PORTFIX 370
-