This suggests to me that some other device is being assigned com1. Recognize that the designation com1 is logical, not physical. Kyrath. (AKA Rob) writes: > From: "Kyrath. \(AKA Rob\)" <kyrath at cox.net> > > Alright, I tried the mode command and it seems to work in that it made the > adjustment. When I tried the mode command for com2 or com3, it gave me an > illegal device error. > The strange thing is that I looked in the windoes device manager and found > that there was no com1 listed, but there was a com2. Go figure. > I guess that I'll have to wait for some eyes before I can do any more. > Thanks for all of the help. > -- Rob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Ervin at Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:54 PM > Subject: Re: can't find serial port > > > > 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 at cox.net> > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://a11y.org
