Hi Michael!
26 May 96 16:49, Michael Raiteri wrote to Peter Lazenby:
 MR> In a message dated 05-17-96, Peter Lazenby said to Bob Holiday:
 BH>> It's the dash at the end of your sio.sys entry in your
 BH>> config.sys.
 BH>> ex: DEVICE=C:\SIO\SIO.SYS (COM2:115200,2F8,IRQ3,-)  <---share switch
 PL>> Correction... the dash must be the fourth parameter in that
 PL>> line, not the last. You can have other switches as well,
 PL>> but the dash has to be in the fourth position.
 MR> Would you mind explaining where the fourth position/parameter would be 
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 MR> the above line.
From the SIOREF.TXT, page 39:
                   Appendix D, Advanced SIO Options
The following is provided for the experienced user.  Inexperienced
users get themselves into a lot of trouble when trying to use these
options and they cause an inordinate number of support problems.
Therefore, the following are unsupported options.  If you use them,
you must work out the problems yourself or ask a friend how they got
it working.
Protection
Placing a dash "-" in the fourth parameter position, eg
(COM1,3F8,IRQ4,-),  causes SIO not to provide any protection for that
port.  The OS may still protect the port somewhat.  When the dash
parameter is used the port is wide open (like DOS) for any process to
access it.
Hope this helps.
Bob
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