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Article #10644"The communications port is busy...???"
From: Peter Commons
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 1990 23:33
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 1990 23:33
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I tried running Versaterm from my Mac SE at home the other day- to connect via modem to the campus network and got a "sorry- the communications port is busy" error. No matter what I tried, Versaterm refused to try to dial out. The same problem occurred when I ran another piece of communications software. Not knowing what was wrong, I tried all the typical things- restarting the mac, then booting off of a floppy... I even reset the PRAM. Nothing worked, though. What does this mean and how do I clear the communications port? My most typical modem port functions are modem communications and MIDI, but recently I got Prodigy. Does anyone know what might have caused this? -- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / Peter Commons "Zut, alors! I have meesed one!!!" / / commons@cs.stanford.edu / / Computer Science Department, Stanford University /
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!shelby!neon!news From: commons@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Peter Commons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: "The communications port is busy...???" Message-ID: <1990Mar18.233326.29903@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 18 Mar 90 23:33:26 GMT Sender: news@Neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 18