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In article <Bxwqz3.FAv@dcs.ed.ac.uk> grd@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Graeme Darling) writes:
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>	In connection with Com ports, a friend with no access to this system asked me
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>Trying to run windows 3.1 with mouse on COM 1, IO card having COM2 also on it, and the
>modem set to com3 (as windows refuses to see anything on com4).
>
>However both COM1 (mouse) Com3 (modem) share the same IRQ (13?) so when you use the 
>modem it locks up the mouse - andat the same time messes up the operation of the
>modem!
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>What he would like to know is, will the COM EXTENSION KIT for WINDOWS solve this
>problem, or is there another way around this.
>
>	Thankyou,
>
>		Graeme

Unless the you are using the I/O card com2 port, there is no reason you cannot assign
com2 to the modem.  You need to configure your I/O card such that com2 is disabled.

On some systems, this can be done with the CMOS setup program, with others you may
need to pop the hood, and place/remove a jumper on the I/O card in order to disable
the com2 setting.

To specify a different interrupt for com3 in win31, you can run the control panel for
ports, and choose setup for com3, then advanced.  Make sure that you choose an 
available interrupt channel, and that the base I/O address corresponds to that of
your modem.  I think this can be done via trial and error at worst.

Steve Connolly		connolly@me.msu.edu