Dave Davidson wrote to All on 11-14-1999

DD>  (2) I have two Internal USR/3Com Sportster 56k modems on COM3 and COM4,
DD>      neither of which, is a "WINModem". SIO only registers COM1 and COM2
DD>      when OS/2 is loaded and as a result, neither modem is available under
DD>      OS/2. I _did_ add the line   to the
DD>      DEVICE=SIO line in the config.sys file. Is there anything else I need
DD>      to do?

Two things to try (both accomplish the same thing - pick 1) Open the
System->Hardware Manager,  click on the button at the upper left corner
and select properties.  On the first page, select to do a Full Hardware
detection on the next boot.

The other way to do this is to hit ALT-F1 when the 'boot blob' (white
square followed by 'OS/2') appears in the upper left corner of the
screen during boot.  Select full hardware detect from the full screen
menu this gets you.

Odds on, you have com3 sharing an IRQ (4) with Com1 and com4 sharing
an IRQ (3) with com2.  OS/2 will not allow this - gotta have unique
IRQ's or one of the boards supported by SIO to share IRQ's.  If there
is no mouse on com1/com2, you might sneak by if you tell SIO what IRQ
to use (com3,3e8,4) (com4,2e8,3).  That used to work at lower speeds
but I haven't tried it in a while.


DD>  (4) Is there any way to get rid of the Blue background with the OS/2 WARP
DD>      Logo on the desktop? I would prefer a totally black background with
DD>      just the Icon's and tool bar, etc., displayed. Is this possible and
if
DD>      so, how?

RMB on the open desktop, properties->background and set what ever you
want. 

Will Honea 
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