I have read the newsgroups and web pages 'til I am blue in the face!!
The only thing I found was that DOS doesn't support the COM3 and COM4
ports, since they are virtual ports.
What I was wondering, was - -
since WarCraft 2 works from a DOS shell, and it DOES use COM4, why can't
Nascar2 just write it into their code??
Also, does anyone know of a patch that might help me past this problem???
Thanx
GO#3
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This is incorrect. The COMx ports get their addresses based on either
jumper setting on the serial card, or a setting in the BIOS. The fact that
they are COM3, or COM4 doesn't make them a " virtual " port.
And where did you find this information? DOS supports COM3 & COM4 just fine
on my system, and N2 recognizes both of them. I have my modem setup as
COM2, and one of the other serial port configured as COM4. I can't use both
of them at the same time, due to them sharing a IRQ, but I use COM2 when
playing via modem and COM4 when using a serial (nul-modem) cable.
Rule of thumb: If you have an ACTUAL serial port configured as COMx (x=a
number), then N2 will see it. If you do not have a PHYSICAL COMx, then
neither DOS nor N2 will see it. Kinda makes sense when you think about it,
doesn't it?
They did. It's there. It works.
No need to patch something that works.
How many serial ports did your system come configured with, and what are
they?
From my experience, on a non-PS/2 mouse system, Com1 is usually the mouse
and Com2 is the modem. On PS/2 mouse systems, I have seen where they have
the modem setup as COM1, and the second serial port is unassigned. Depends
on what you have.
You don't have a Win-Modem, do you?
You can e-mail me with your system configuration, and I will try to help
you through it.
Since you show good taste in drivers, I feel obligated to help you out with
this. :-)
