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to: BILL TRACY
from: ORVILLE DEUTCHMAN
date: 1997-10-02 09:54:00
subject: No Comm 1 in TFW

Hello Bill!
01 Oct 97 00:08, Bill Tracy wrote to Dave Lyle:
 BT>    In a message to me you posed an interesting idea.
 DL>> Bill, I understand your problem, but you have not yet answered
 DL>> my question. DID YOU TRY UNCHECKING "Use Detected Ports Only"??
 DL>> This is located under Configure -> Connect Devices -> Ports. Once
 DL>> it is unchecked, you should have to option to select among 8 Comm
 DL>> ports, 8 fossils, and 4 bios ports.
 DL>> If this is not the cased for you, you may have to uninstall the
 DL>> mouse under Win95 and then reinstall TFW for it to find the port.
 BT> Thank you,
 BT>    I have it installed under WINDOWS 3.11. I did go in and the only
 BT> option I have is Com 2. If I can remember I needed the mouse to run
 BT> the SET UP and then i hooked up the Modem cable to the same port as
 BT> the mouse to complete
 BT> the installation. I could not use the keyboard to Continue the
 BT> INSTALL.
 BT>                                                   -
 BT>        Yes, I will blow it off and retry it. THANK YOU.
 BT> Bill Tracy
Alternatively, you could run the modem through the RS232 port, using whatever 
connector you need to connect. And, then use that as Com2. Then, you could 
have BOTH the mouse and the modem...  Duh!!
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