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Article #126Re: Problems with Comm ports...
From: chris ames
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 18:04
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 18:04
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In article <787883461snx@dscheme.demon.co.uk>
Nigel@dscheme.demon.co.uk "Nigel Johnston" writes:
> I've just installed OS/2 warp on my machine onto of Windows etc. The
> installation process seemed to go ok except that there was no support
> for the serial ports installed. I've since installed support, but there are
> problems:
>
> 1: In setting up a different internet provider, I'm not allowed to key in
> a modem type - the only options available are Comm port, Baud rate, word
> size and parity.
Download warptcp2.zip from ftp.demon.co.uk: /pub/os2/tcpip. This contains
all the info you need to connect into Demonn
>
> 2: Mixed windows/OS2 sessions result in the mouse 'hotspot' not being where
> the mouse is in the Windows session. Full screen windows is fine & all OS/2
> sessions are ok.
There have been problems with OEM versions of Windows, such as Dell. You
need to get a different mouse driver, preferably one from a "real" copy
of MS Windows. It may be worth hunting on ftp.microsoft.com.
>
> My configuration has a Mouse systems mouse on com port 1 and a USR Sportster
> modem on com 2 (with NS16550).
>
> How can I get the internet service working with OS/2??
>
Cross-posted to and follow ups set to demon.ip.support.os2 - it'll be
worth adding to your list of news groups.
--
chris ames
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107fbf,1e30a07597aef40 X-Google-Attributes: gid107fbf,public X-Google-Thread: 104dc3,9613694e3f14b9f7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid104dc3,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-19 10:04:27 PST Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup,demon.ip.support.os2 From: chris@mousemat.demon.co.uk (chris ames) Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!udel!news.mathworks.com!news2.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!demon!mousemat.demon.co.uk!chris Subject: Re: Problems with Comm ports... References: <787883461snx@dscheme.demon.co.uk> Organization: Myorganisation Reply-To: chris@mousemat.demon.co.uk Followup-To: demon.ip.support.os2 X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News for OS/2 v1.29 [build 4] Lines: 34 X-Posting-Host: mousemat.demon.co.uk Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 18:04:27 +0000 Message-ID: <787860267snz@mousemat.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk