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Re: Switching COM: Ports

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From: Don Park
Date: Fri, 12 May 1989 03:29
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>   Is there a way to fake out a PC into talking to a different COM port?
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One way would be to use BNUCOM - a Level 5 compatible F.O.S.S.I.L.
driver. It comes with a utility to change BNU's com addresses to
effectively use different ports without changing the program.
(Assuming this program uses a fossil driver)
Hope this helps,
Don
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Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Switching COM: Ports
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Date: 12 May 89 03:29:45 GMT
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