-=> Quoting Ben Perkuhn to Frank Croft <=-

 -=> Quoting Frank Croft to Ben Perkuhn <=-
 
 
 FC> two com2 ports. I can remove one with control panel->settings->system,
 FC> but the other one seems to be invisible.

 BP> What may be the problem is that your BOIS is telling windows that
 BP> valid com ports are 1 and 3 but windows calls these com 1 and 2 and if
 BP> your modem is internal and is set up to run on com 3 then windows would
 BP> have ports like you described eg

I have 'award' bios as far as my limited begginer knowledge can tell
the computer has two onboard serial ports, com1,com2. com1 is the mouse
com2 is disabled as this is the modem card.

 BP> com1 - something
 BP> com2 - real com 2
 BP> com2 - modem which is com3.

 BP> I had a similar problem with a mates computer.

yeh, I've received another reply and the guy also related similar experiences
with several other computers. 

Thanks for replying, Ive since developed another problem, it went like this:
I would use the modem and lose my soundblaster sound. Then when trying to
upload I would get a cps of 3 until it aborted. 
I got a bit upset, took out the screwdriver took cover off computer.
Noticed that soundblaster and modem are in neighbouring slots and that they 
were almost touching, the modem has a circuit board piggy backed upside down
on it like a sandwich. So I swapped sb and scanner card and all seems fine now.

I still have the two com2's though ;)


... Not tonight, dear.  I have a modem.
--- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR]