Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Path: utzoo!utgpu!tj
From: tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones)
Subject: Windows 3 and COM ports
Message-ID: <1990May31.022051.27093@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Keywords: COM3 COM4
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Thu, 31 May 90 02:20:51 GMT

Love Windows 3.

Had some problems with Kermit communications package running under
386 enhanced mode. I could talk to the device but the responses didn't
come back to the screen (program). In real mode all was well (win /r).

I looked through sysini txt files and found a reference to COMnBASE=xxxxh
which specifies the base address of the com ports and the COM3 and COM4
addresses were (I think) the IBM chosen ones not the ones that my modem
uses (3E8 2E8) and when I set them correctly things worked fine. 

Just thought someone else might be interested!