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From: dlo@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (David Lo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: copy to COM1 without aborting
Message-ID: <mHc3o2w163w@questor.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 6 Sep 90 06:13:45 GMT
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To have DOS ignore time outs in copying to COM1, you can try the DOS
MODE command:
  MODE COM1: baud, parity, databits, stopbits, P
The P parameter tells DOS to continuously try to send data when a 
time out occurs.  The other parameters are mandatory.  I hope this works.