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From: posert@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Bob Posert)
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Subject: Re: Switching COM: Ports
Summary: Can be done
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Date: 9 May 89 04:35:45 GMT
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In article <9593@dasys1.UUCP> jzitt@dasys1.UUCP (Joe Zitt) writes:
>
>   Is there a way to fake out a PC into talking to a different COM port?
>

Part of the Baker's dozen utility set is a program called swcom12.com.  I
haven't tried it, but the documentation is:

    } SWCOM12.COM
    } -----------
    } Switch RS-232 ports for COM1 and COM2.  No parameters.
    } 
    } To start:
    } C>swcom12

I'd post, but the package has to be distributed as a whole.  
Bakers Dozen is shareware, so you might be able to find it on a
local bbs, or you can contact the author(?)/distributor directly at:

                    Jim Button                      
                  P.O.  Box 5786                   
                Bellevue, WA 98006                   
                  1-800-JBUTTON.                          

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Bob Posert
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