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Re: Linking Problems



I got a modem on COM4 (internal) and my GL on COM2, works fine. (mouse
on COM1) This is just to prove that it IS possibe FYI, I don't know
how exactly, but my friend set it up by changing the IRQ settings. I
have 3 on COM2 and 10 on COM4.
Babak Javadi <syscrash@ripco.com> wrote in message
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>This is a problem that many people don't realize.  Due to the
hardware
>configuration and limitations, there are always conlficts between COM
ports.
>The problem lies in the IRQ settings.  COM1 and COM3 always use the
same IRQ
>setting and COM2 and COM4 always do the same.  So if your modem is
set to
>COM2, you will either have to: (a) Disable the modem temporaraly
until you are
>done, (b) Find a way to hook the GL up to COM1 or COM3(some people
have two
>serial ports like me), or (c) find another computer to use for the
GL.  Choice
>"b" worked for me.  Hope this helps all of you out there with COMx
problems.
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