copy to COM1 without aborting

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From: David Lo
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 1990 06:13

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To have DOS ignore time outs in copying to COM1, you can try the DOS
MODE command:
  MODE COM1: baud, parity, databits, stopbits, P
The P parameter tells DOS to continuously try to send data when a 
time out occurs.  The other parameters are mandatory.  I hope this works.

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Subject: copy to COM1 without aborting
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