* In a message originally to All, Jeff Mcclain said:
> ÿ@SUBJECT:OS/2 Update Wizard Word Around
> N
> This is the work around for Upgrading/Updating US Robitics
> modems with
> the Update Wizard:
> Manufacturer/Support
> IBM
> OS/2 Warp 3.0 and 4.0:
> Issue: Update Wizard locks system. This happens when the
> program
> searches the COM ports for any connected modems.
> Solution: You will need a copy of the Cybercomm communication
> drivers
> for Windows 3.x. The file (cyberdrv.zip) can be downloaded
> from our BBS
> at 847-982-5092.
> 1. Install the Cybercomm driver in a WIN-OS/2 Full Screen
> session.
> 2. Edit your config.sys and remark out the current OS/2
> communication
> driver.(To remark out a statement in your config.sys, add REM
> and a
> space in front of the line you do not want to load. The Comm
> drivers are
> com.sys and vcom.sys or sio.sys and vsio.sys.) Save the file,
> exit,
> and reboot the computer.
> 3. Install the Update Wizard in a WIN-OS/2 Full Screen
> session. Then
> perform the upgrade or update.
> 4. Edit your config.sys and take out the remarks you added in
> step two.
> (Delete the REM and space.) Save the file, exit and reboot
> the
> computer.
I have found that you can omit steps 2 and 4. Simply modifying the Win-OS/2
communications drivers was sufficient to allow Win-OS/2 to use the Upgrade
Wizard, after closing all Win-OS/2 sessions and then opening up a new
Win-OS/2 session to run it.
Larry
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