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Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:00:38 PDT7
From:	"Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com > ,
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: More mysteries on COM1 (TP 600X)

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At first the serial port on the rear of the 600X would not work in Win98
(default OEM install), DOS, or OS/2. (I have three partitions using Boot
Magic.)

An IBM tech had me boot to Win98, UNINSTALL the COM port, and re-install it.
Now I can access a modem on the rear serial connector from a DOS box in Win98.

However from the DOS partition I cannot access the serial port on the rear
i.e. PROCOMM sees nothing. If I run MODE COM1 I get back "illegal device
name - COM1" which I interpret to mean this port is not active. This is true
even if I boot without an AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file. However PS2 ? SE
shows that the serial port is ON.

In OS/2 I get

[C:\]mode com2
SYS0021: The drive is not ready.

(COM1 on the OS/2 partition is the PC Card modem.)

How can this be and what can I do to get my serial port back in DOS and
OS/2?

Jeffrey Race

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