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On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:51:50 -0800 (PST), Paul Rubin wrote: >I'm trying to use an external modem (Ricochet SX, see www.ricochet.net >for more info--yay) with my 755cx. I used EZ-setup to enable port 1 >and used PS2.EXE to enable SERA and disable IR. So the connector on >the back should really be connected to COM1 and I believe that's true >because it used to work with another serial device in the past (I don't >have a tester around now though). I believe I can connect to COM1 with >Kermit and get some characters from the modem. However, when I select >"Modems" from Control Panel and click "more info", Windoze pops a box >that says "Can't open COM1". Trying to connect to COM1 from Hyper Terminal >gives similar results. Any idea what I need to do to make Com1 visible >to Windoze 95? (Kermit is a DOS program--things may be different). >I hate Windoze... thanks for any help. > Maybe you have to specifiy a line in the WIN.INI file? I know this is simliar for OS/2's config.sys, and Linux's rc.d. -- Paul Khoury <pkhoury@loop.com> http://pkhoury.dyn.ml.org Sent from my ThinkPad 701CS The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 Revision 9.029 There are 20 Processes with 77 Threads. This machine's uptime is 0d 0h 8m 44s 234ms.