You might also try the following in a DOS box or at the DOS prompt: mode com1 9600,n,8,1,, That is the typical port settings. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyrath. (AKA Rob)" <kyrath@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:20 PM Subject: Re: can't find serial port OK, it looks like the port might be disabled. The copy command came back with 1 file copied, but there was no output. is it possible that the port is ph