Re: COM ports
Nicholas Decker (ndecker@basis.com)
Thu, 09 May 1996 08:47:00 -0600
At 07:09 PM 5/8/96 -0600, you wrote:
>OK. I switched my Sportster Winmodem 28.8 to Com4, which works fine with
>SLIP and etc... but my problem is I cannot connect using COm2 with the
>installer. I have the Transfer app set at 9600, I have my COM2 port set at
>9600, with FIFO UN-checked. ANd of course I have the cables connected
>properly. Whats going on?
Com2 and Com4 share the same IRQ, and that's most likely the problem. I
have a modem on Com4 and my serial link on Com2, and it's very picky about
only using one at a time. Occasionally I've even have to reboot to get the
serial link going, but the modem always seems to work fine...
Nick