ml>> if you don't have a port speed specified on the SIO command line in
 ml>> the CONFIG.SYS, the the port is "floating" as far as OS/2 and SIO are
 ml>> concerned.
 ml>> ie: DEVICE=D:\SIO\SIO.SYS (COM1,3F8,4,-)
 ml>> (COM2:115200,2F8,3,-)
 ml>> (COM3:115200,3E8,7:4,-)
 ml>> (COM4,INTERNET:2E8,NONE:3,-)
 ml>> (COM5,INTERNET:1F8,NONE:3,-)
 ml>> (COM6,INTERNET:1E8,NONE:3,-)
 ml>> (COM7,INTERNET:4F8,NONE:3,-)
 ml>> (COM8,INTERNET:4E8,NONE:3,-)
 ml>> COM1 is floating, COM2 and COM3 are locked at 115200 and the other
 ml>> five ports are virtual modems ;-)
 TR> Yikes!  You *are* a Sysop, aren't you?  :-)
>> tol'ya! >
 TR> Well, I'm still not sure about the Vmodems, unless you are connected
 TR> to the Internet by way of Ethernet or other such high-speed connection.
yup, have a dialup connected 99.9% of the time with static domain name 
maintained by ml.org... as you can see from the above, there are 5 nodes 
assigned to virtual modems riding my TCP/IP stack... ;-)
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