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From: tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Serial Port Jammed
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.055351.25180@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 91 05:53:51 GMT
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In article <ARIE.91Apr4110603@dip.eecs.umich.edu>, arie@eecs.umich.edu (Arie Covrigaru) writes:
> >>>>> On 3 Apr 91 19:10:38 GMT, denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) said:
> 
> | 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.
> 
> 
> I had the same problem on Mac IIx with System 6.0.7 loaded and the
> solution was to zap the PRAM.  I don't know if this is what was
> suggested before but this worked in my case.
> 
Sometimes you do need to zap the PRAM more than one time.  For safety, try it three or so times.

Jason Garms
tgoose@eng.umd.edu