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From: cb@cci632.UUCP (Just another hired gun (n2hkd))
Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Switching COM: Ports
Message-ID: <28487@cci632.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 89 23:12:36 GMT
References: <9593@dasys1.UUCP> <412@carroll1.UUCP>
Reply-To: cb@cci632.UUCP (Just another hired gun (n2hkd))
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In article <412@carroll1.UUCP> tkopp@carroll1.UUCP (Tom Kopp) writes:
.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?
.
.The dos assign command should work.  I've seen it used to tell something to
.send to COM1 everything that was supposed to go to lpt: so your mileage may
.vary.
.
.Basically, before you are going to use the modem, enter the following line:
.
.assign com1 = com2
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	Gee that's what I thought, however they gone and changed this
	again. According to my Compaq 3.2 manual, they assign command
	is only available for a "specific drive" to a "different drive".
	The Mode command can reassign, but only the printer ports!!

	Looks like they decided that we don't need that feature anymore...
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