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From: hollen@eta.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Switching COM: Ports
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Date: 9 May 89 18:05:08 GMT
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From article <412@carroll1.UUCP>, by tkopp@carroll1.UUCP (Tom Kopp):
> In article <9593@dasys1.UUCP> jzitt@dasys1.UUCP (Joe Zitt) asks: 
>>Is there a way to fake out a PC into talking to a different COM port?
> 
> assign com1 = com2
> If this doesn't work, reverse the com1 and com2.  I haven't used the command
> for a long time, so....


Yes, this will work, but only with programs which ask DOS to provide COM
service.  The majority of programs talk directly to the UART and this
would be of no use with those programs.






	Dion Hollenbeck             (619) 455-5590 x2814
	Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA  92121

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