RE: LZ: link question

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RE: LZ: link question

Technically, you can have all 4 coms in use, just as long as you can customize 
your port settings in both CMOS, OS, and apps. Yes, by convention, but not set 
in stone, COM 1 and COM 3 share irqs, as do COM 2 and COM 4.
--MZB


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From: 	owner-list-zshell@defiant.rbk.sollentuna.se on behalf of Andy Soell
Sent: 	Thursday, July 11, 1996 11:39 PM
To: 	list-zshell@defiant.rbk.sollentuna.se
Subject: 	Re: LZ: link question


Chris Porter <erols technical support> wrote:
> 
>         ok, i baught *the real* graph link, (from lack of intelligence i
> guess... Mr booser) any way.. on several of the computers where i have put
> it, on <a few of my friends have them> it will not work, i have tried
> everything, the only thing that works is taking the mouse out and pluging
> the link in. in fact, a guy came in to the place i work today with the same
> problem. i thought that it was just a windows 3.11 problem, untill that guy
> came in and was running 95. even though here at work , all the computers on
> the network are able to use the mouse and the link at the same time. is the
> problem that, on a 2 port card (a small slot and a large slot) in the  same
> comport, it cant be done, or are the irq and other configurations wrong, how
> did you guys fix it up? also would it be possible to get another serial port
> or what? please help.. tanx


On the computers that it doesn't work with, is there a modem?  If there is, 
you
already have 2 com ports in use (the maximum allowed).  I know there are 4 com 


ports, but 1 and 3 share the same something or other as do 2 and 4... the only 


way I got mine to run was to put the modem on 2, the mouse on 1, and 
reconfigure
the other com port on the back of the computer to 4 and plug it in there.  The
way it's set up, you can use all 3, but you can't use the modem at the same 
time
as the graph link.  


andyS