Re: PLEASE HELP -- TI-86 GRAPHLINK PROBLEMS
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Re: PLEASE HELP -- TI-86 GRAPHLINK PROBLEMS
It's working now, TI tech support explained that I have to shove the cable
in hard the first time to make sure that it's in ALL THE WAY -- Thanx to all
of you who helped!
dobey wrote in message <34DF5FCA.55BBDA02@cris.com>...
>Serial ports are COM ports in DOS/Win
>Parallel ports are LPT ports in DOS/Win
>You probably need to change the COM port in the link software to the one
>that
>you are using. Most likely COM1 is used by your modem, unless you
>upgraded.
>But, try using different COM ports in the link software set up.
>
>Scott Noveck (SMN) wrote:
>>
>> I just bought a Graphlink for my TI-86 today, and have been unable to get
it
>> to work. As the package says, I hooked it up to my serial port (needed a
>> 9-25 pin adaptor), made sure the connections were tight, and put the calc
on
>> the home screen. The problem is that TI's software checks COM ports for
the
>> link, whereas the linking cable connects to the serial port. In Windows,
I
>> went to the control panel and hard the computer search for new hardware,
>> which was unsuccessful.
>>
>> So, to get to the point: Am I doing anything wrong? And how can I get
the
>> software to detect the cable in my serial port (or set it as a Com
port?)?
>> Has anyone else had this problem???
>>
>> If you can help, please reply to either the newsgroup or directly to me
by
>> E-Mail (noveck@pluto.njcc.com).
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>> Scott Noveck
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