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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Faq style question, serial ports...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.164350.27601@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Dec31.150440.25787@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:43:50 GMT
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- In <1992Dec31.150440.25787@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt D Watters) writes:
-
- >Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I've not read this group before...
-
- >I have a PC with 2 serial ports on the motherboard, and a
- >2400 bps modem (internal).
-
- >My current setup is :
-
- >Com1 (9pin) - Mouse driver
- >COM2 (25) - disabled (in the CMOS setup)
- >Modem - COM2
-
- >I'd like to be able to use the 25 pin COM2, plus use the internal 2400 modem.
-
- >I FTP a lot of files for my old commodore stuff, and would rather use the
- >25 pin serial to transfer to it rather than linking the two systems via modem
- >(which I have done).
-
- >The internal modem can be set to com1 thru com4. The two built in ports are
- >fixed at com1 and com2.
-
- Set the modem to COM3 and IRQ2. Tell your comm software what to
- expect.
-
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