Re: w95 can't open com1???

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From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Wed Mar 11 1998 - 20:47:36 EST

On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:51:50 -0800 (PST), Paul Rubin wrote:

>I'm trying to use an external modem (Ricochet SX, see www.ricochet.net
>for more info--yay) with my 755cx. I used EZ-setup to enable port 1
>and used PS2.EXE to enable SERA and disable IR. So the connector on
>the back should really be connected to COM1 and I believe that's true
>because it used to work with another serial device in the past (I don't
>have a tester around now though). I believe I can connect to COM1 with
>Kermit and get some characters from the modem. However, when I select
>"Modems" from Control Panel and click "more info", Windoze pops a box
>that says "Can't open COM1". Trying to connect to COM1 from Hyper Terminal
>gives similar results. Any idea what I need to do to make Com1 visible
>to Windoze 95? (Kermit is a DOS program--things may be different).
>I hate Windoze... thanks for any help.
>
Maybe you have to specifiy a line in the WIN.INI file?

I know this is simliar for OS/2's config.sys, and Linux's rc.d. 

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