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From: ahaley@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Alexander Haley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need help with KERMIT, COM3
Keywords: KERMIT, COM3
Message-ID: <5491@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 90 09:57:44 GMT
References: <4570@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <4570@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> shan_x@jhuvms.bitnet@jhunix () writes:
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>
>      I saw discussion about how to make KERMIT
>work with inernal modem connected to COM3 before. 
>Can someone give some pointers to get the back issues
>of comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest? (issue #).
>
>I  have used BITCOM. It works with the modem. When  using
>KERMIT, it complains  COM3 is not available. "mode COM3 9600"
>didn't work either. The computer complains COM3 is not a valid
>device.
>

I didn't see the previous postings about this subject.  I had spring break
and came back to over 2000 articles that I promptly hit 'c' for.
	I just resolved this problem with my serial card that I had set up
as ports 2&3 and port 2 worked fine, but 3 did not work at all. I finally
got ahold of a Kermit 3.0 manual and looked up how to set which irq it uses
and which address for which port.  I found out that Kermit 3.0 will check
the "standard" port addresses and check only irq's 3 and 4.  :-( This is a
big bummer because I have a modem on com1 using irq4 (and I need this so
that I can use some messaging/dialing software) then I have a mouse/server
line (connected to a switch box) on com2 and irq3.  I want to use my mouse
(I'm running desqview and like to be able to mark text using the mouse) and
the server line connected to port 3 at the same time.  So this means that I
cannot use my modem and server line and mouse or another server line at the
same time :-(.  oh well, maybe the'll add irq5 support someday.

-Alex

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