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From: robinson@santiam.uucp (Bill Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Help: Trouble with COM3 and communication programs
Summary: How to set IRQ for com3 within WinComm
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Date: 8 Oct 90 19:12:43 GMT
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I'm having trouble setting up my modem.

I have a US Robotics 2400 modem and can set it to com[1..4] irq=[3,4,5,7].
Apparently, there are conflicts with com1 and com2 (my mouse is in com2).

I can use Telix in com3 with irq=5 (these parameters can be set in Telix).
However, I'm unable to use other communications programs (Unicom, WinQVT,
WinComm) apparently because they make some assumptions about the irq for
com3; only telix allows you to specify the irq.

Even altering the system.ini file for the various irq setttings and disabling
com1 does not help (except for Telix).

SYSINI:   Default: COM1Irq=4; COM2Irq=3; COM3Irq=4; COM4Irq=3
SYSINI:   MODIFIED: COM1Irq=-1; COM2Irq=3; COM3Irq=[3,4,5,7]; COM4Irq=3

The only way I can run the other communications programs it to: (1) start
Telix which initializes the modem, (2) run another program (WinComm), (3)
answer the WINDOWS3 warning "Yes I do wish to reassign com3 from DOS to
Windows", (4) exit WinComm, and (5) exit Telix.

Question: How can I run WinComm (or another Windows communication program) in
com3?

Thanks for any help!

Bill Robinson
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Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1202
domain: robinson@cs.uoregon.edu