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<paulmd@efn.org> wrote in message 
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> On Jul 7, 7:29 pm, "Mike" <1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> We have some leased Dell Optiplex gx620 PCs hosted XP Pro images, w/ 
>> serial
>> cards that  hat are not recognized by Palm Vx PDAs.  Device Manager does 
>> not
>> show any errors.  Is there any way I test the serial port? 
>>  Several -years
>> ago I used a command  to send a text file to a serial port to test it. 
>> It
>> would even "wake up" a serial port - make it active.
>> Unfortunately I forgot the command.  Is it poosible the problem is w/ the
>> ghosted image?
>>
>> Help,
>>
>> mike
>
> Quick and dirty: Dig up an old serial mouse. (actually, you can still
> but them new at radio shack) If the mouse works, it is likely that the
> port is functional.
>
> To print a text file out of a serial port
>
> type myfile.txt > com1
>
> or com2, or whatever the port happens to be. Unfortunately, to
> actually see the output, you'd need a serial printer (some label
> printers work).
>
> Yet another possible test is to dig up an old external modem, and see
> if you can talk to it.
>
> I note that you said serial "cards" is this indeed a pci serial port,
> and not built in one?
>
> Re ghosted images: they work if the hardware is the same, but there
> can be major headaches if there are differences.
>
>
>
>

He might also F12 to the utility partition (if it's still there) and run the 
quick diag tests;  although if there is a serial module in those tests it's 
a really short one.....