On 13 Apr 98  13:10:30, mark lewis said this to Tom Rutherford
about "OS/2 Update Wizard Word A":
 ml>> FWIW: i've never used SU nor had any need to for locking or unlocking
 ml>> my ports... ;-)
 TR> Oh!  So, this is a SU thing?  The only thing I've used SU for
 TR> is just information.  I thought I heard somewhere about locking
 TR> the port in CONFIG.SYS, but all mine does is tell the system
 TR> where it is, not necessarily what to do with it.
 ml> i just posted a working example of floating, locked and internet ports
 ml> WRT SIO... SU can be used to unlock the ports if/when needed and can
 ml> also be used to (re)lock them when needed... i have always preferred
 ml> to lock them on the command line and then leave well enough alone
 >
Definitely an elegant way of doing it.  The mouse is on my COM1, but I
suppose I could lock COM2.  Not sure it would make any difference,
though, because Qmodem doesn't change speeds at all, unless I
specifically want to do it for a particular reason, like testing a
lower-speed modem, etc.
      -=> Tom Rutherford -- Team OS/2 <=-
... No smoke or sparks... Hmm... Must be a software problem.
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