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From: tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Serial Port Jammed
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.053000.24751@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 91 05:30:00 GMT
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In article <7244@bgsuvax.UUCP> you write:
> I have a macintosh that claims that its modem port is in use 'by
> another application' whenever I try to access the port, via a terminal
> emulator.  I have tried rebooting the mac, turning off appleshare and
> zapping the pram, all to no avail.
This is a very strange thing.  I seem to remember something to this effect happe
ning once.  Are you connected using appletalk?  If not check in the chooser to m
ake sure appletalk to turned off.  Also check to make sure that the imagewriter
driver in the chooser is not set up to the modem port.  If the imagewriter is se
lected as the modem port, the mac may mistakenly think that port is in use when
you really try to use a modem.

Play around with this.  I'm sure your problem lies therein.

Good luck,
Jason Garms
tgoose@eng.umd.edu