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From: coates@UC780.UMD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Help !!  COMM PROBLEM !!
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Date: 28 Jun 91 23:24:27 GMT
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In article <338.286AD247@weyr.FIDONET.ORG>, Douglas.Gelowitz@f43.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Douglas Gelowitz) writes:
>I just recently installed MS-WINDOWS v3.0 and MS-DOS v5.0 on my 386.  
>However, I have been experiencing some problems using the 
>TELECOMMUNICATIONS program that comes with windows - actually, the 
>program won't work for me at all.   Every time I execute the TEL. 
>program I receive the error message: " you have no available COMM ports. 
>Please free up a COMM port" (well the message was something of the 
>sort). 

I've experienced same.