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Article #39834Re: Mysterious Dissapearing COM2:
From: Danny Low
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 21:02
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 21:02
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>I am at a total loss to explain what's happening with my COM port #2,
>If I power up the machine and do nothing, port 1 works fine, and port
>2 looks like it's there, when I start up a terminal emulator the DTR
>lite on my modem goes on, but when I type nothing goes to the modem,
>and nothing comes back, but if I run a diagnostic program called Checkit
>on this port, then I try to use the port all is fine.
I assume you are using a external modem. Is the modem and COM2:
set up the same? Are both 1200 baud (or whatever is the correct
baud rate), the same number of stop bits, data bits and parity?
Your symptons are typical of such a mismatch.
Danny Low
"Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
HP SPCD dlow%hpspcoi@hplabs.hp.com ...!hplabs!hpspcoi!dlow
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