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- CTS Serial Port Utilities, Version 1.3 HISTORY.DOC
-
- Last updated: February, 1994
-
- This file contains a synopsis of all changes in the CTS Serial Port
- Utilities up to and including this release.
-
-
- Version 1.3 February, 1994
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- -- Problems --
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- * Some network cards were interferred with by the PortInfo
- test resulting in a lockup after PortInfo completed running.
- Two changes in PortInfo address this problem:
-
- 1) There is a new command line option "/XIi" that you can use if
- you know which IRQ your network uses. This command line option
- forces PortInfo to eXclude Irq "i" from the test. For example, if
- your network card is on IRQ 5, then add "/XI5" to the command
- line. Use of this command completely resolves the problem.
-
- 2) PortInfo has also been changed to avoid the lockup condition
- if you don't specify the "/XIi" command option. Starting with
- version 1.3, PortInfo no longer causes a lockup, but you may lose
- your network connection. You canlog out and then back in to the
- network to re-establish your connection.
-
- * Under some circumstances, PortInfo would repeat message
- PI-3000 (a port address conflict message) when detecting two
- serial ports installed at the same address. Fixed!
-
-
- Version 1.2 December, 1993
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- -- Problems --
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- * PortInfo would not detect a PS/2 mouse on an ALR EISA system. Fixed.
-
- * DOS_COM /n was broken by previous "fix". Unbroken!
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-
- Version 1.1 November, 1993
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- -- Problems --
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- * PortInfo failed to detect PS/2 mice. Fixed.
-
- * "DOS_COM /n /Aaaa" failed to install the port "n" at address "aaa"
- in the BIOS data area. Fixed.
-
- * The DOS_FMT command line was not parsed properly if the format was
- specified before the port ("DOS_FMT /n /Ffff" works,
- "DOS_FMT /Ffff /n" does not). Fixed.
-
- ----------------------------
- -- Changes / Improvements --
- ----------------------------
- * PortInfo automatically detects and tests any ports listed
- in the BIOS data area when no CTSCOMn environment variables are
- set for the ports.
-
- * The "Emulated UART" note was expanded to cover original 8250B UARTs
- installed in fast computers. This UART is too slow for the faster
- computer bus, and is occasionally detected by PortInfo as an
- "Emulated UART".
-
- * Removed "/Iii" from a startup error message. "/Iii" is not used by
- any current utilities.
-
- * All of the control utilities (all programs except PortInfo) now
- support batch file operation. They will automatically continue after
- waiting for a keystroke for 3 seconds.
-
- * The control utilities BUFFER, COM_BPS, COM_FMT, DTR, IRQ, RESETCOM
- and RTS will first attempt to use the standard and CTSCOMn port
- assignments. If these fail, then they will check the BIOS data area
- for a possible alternate serial ports installed by DOS_COM or
- other BIOS data area update programs.
-
- Version 1.0 October, 1993
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- * Original Release
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