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From: gkb@necntc.UUCP (Greg Busby)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Can you Copy to COMn: in DOS/ How to ready COMn: in DOS.
Message-ID: <405@necntc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Oct-86 11:56:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: necntc.405
Posted: Tue Oct 21 11:56:28 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Oct-86 04:35:54 EDT
References: <8826@watarts.UUCP>
Reply-To: gkb@necntc.UUCP (Greg Busby)
Organization: NEC Electronics Inc.  Natick, MA 01760
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Summary: Yes

In article <8826@watarts.UUCP> dsnow@watarts.UUCP (Doug Snow) writes:
>  For a large number of applications, I've always wanted to be able
>to do something like...
>            mode com1:9600,e,1,... etc.
>            copy script.fil com1:
>  But, alas, I get a device not ready error. Anyone have any ideas/or 
>suggestions.
>           
>		Doug Snow 

We currently use a similar set of commands to download hex files to a
PROM programmer -- we have a .bat file which does the following:

	ECHO OFF
	MODE COM1: 9600,N,1,...
	COPY %1.HEX COM1:

This little sequence works fine for us.  Maybe it's the ECHO OFF, or
maybe the No parity, but we've had no trouble as long as the device on
the COM1: port was ready. Hope this helps.

GKB