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- From: Russell.Best@brunel.ac.uk (Russell H Best)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
- Subject: Re: Problem: PC-NFS, Windows & com1:
- Message-ID: <BxyvC1.9Av@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 14:09:36 GMT
- References: <dte-171192121045@129.21.21.9>
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- Dave Emlen (dte@cs.rit.edu) wrote:
- : I have a 386 clone (AT&T) running PC-NFS 4.0a and Windows 3.1. I
- : also have a serial printer hooked up to the COM1: port. The
- : printer works find from the DOS prompt, but when I go into windows
- : and try to print I get an error message ("Cannot print. Be sure
- : that your printer is connected properly...").
- :
- : If I comment out the PC-NFS/ethernet stuff from config.sys and
- : autoexec.bat, I can print fine from windows.
- :
- : If it's any help, my ethernet board is set to IRQ 7, i/o 0x280 &
- : ram 0xd0000. I've also tried IRQ = 5.
- :
- : Anybody know what's going on?
- :
- : Thanks in advance for any help!
- :
- : --
- : Dave Emlen
- : Computer Science & Information Technology
- : Rochester Institute of Technology
- : dte@cs.rit.edu
-
- I dont think that it's anything to do with your config .
-
- I seem to remember going into the print manager, options, network settings
- and unchecking the boxes. This stops Windows trying to send to COM1 on the
- network !
-
- Russell Best
- Brunel University
-