Re: [Thinkpad] Re: More mysteries on COM1 (TP 600X) RESOLVED

LIKE I SAID, READ MY FIRST POST
Now make sure that the settings are locked in in Win98. If it is on
automatic, you will lost it on the next reboot
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net>
To: "Thinkpad Users Group" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:10 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Re: More mysteries on COM1 (TP 600X) RESOLVED

> Thanks especially to Brian, Bruce and Julian, we solved what stumped the
IBM
> tech.
>
> The 600X lacks a GUI TP configuration utility; you have to use the PS2
> CLI utility. Unfortunately there is no help or readme for this utility.
>
> It turns out not only must you turn on the COM port [PS2 SE ON], you must
> also ENABLE it [PS2 SERA E]. This works for both DOS and OS/2 (in fact
> OS/2 uses the DOS CLI utility in a DOS box). When you reboot, it works.
>
> You discover this by printing out the 50 pages of the error message file
> x:\>THINKPAD\PS2.MSG which is not intended to be printed out.
>
> This has taken all day :(
>
> Jeffrey Race
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:01:40 +0700, Dr. Jeffrey Race wrote:
> >At first the serial port on the rear of the 600X would not work in Win98
> >(default OEM install), DOS, or OS/2. (I have three partitions using Boot
> >Magic.)
> >>An IBM tech had me boot to Win98, UNINSTALL the COM port, and re-install
it.
> >Now I can access a modem on the rear serial connector from a DOS box in
Win98.
> >>However from the DOS partition I cannot access the serial port on the
rear
> >i.e. PROCOMM sees nothing. If I run MODE COM1 I get back "illegal
device
> >name - COM1" which I interpret to mean this port is not active. This is
true
> >even if I boot without an AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file. However PS2 ?
SE
> >shows that the serial port is ON.
> >>In OS/2 I get
> >
> > [C:\]mode com2
> > SYS0021: The drive is not ready.
> >>(COM1 on the OS/2 partition is the PC Card modem.)
> >>How can this be and what can I do to get my serial port back in DOS and
> >OS/2?>
>
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