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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: BocaModem and COM3/COM4?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.174429.12766@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 17:44:29 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.142338.1593@panix.com>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1992Dec17.142338.1593@panix.com> os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.) writes:
- >Last night, I took the plunge and purchased a Bocaboard 9600B fax/modem
- >board (internal). It has the capability to run as COM1-4, and on IRQ's
- >3, 4, 5, and 7. However, I have a Logitech serial mouse connected to my I/O
- >board (containing COM1 and COM2) as COM1. Thus, I have to run the modem as
- >either COM3 or COM4.
- >I realize that I could set the jumpers on the board so that it replaces
- >COM1 and use the mouse as COM2, but I would like to avoid that if at all
- >possible. Can anyone tell me the magic hokus-pokus that I need to do to
- >achieve this configuration?
-
- Normally IRQ 5 is free (LPT2, which isn't in a lot of systems). Set
- it for COM3, IRQ 5. Then, using the advice in the FAQ List, add the
- appropriate parameters to your COM.SYS and VCOM.SYS lines in
- CONFIG.SYS.
-
- If that isn't clear enough, please post a follow up.
-
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