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Modem support in N2

5 posts by 4 people · 19 Dec 1996 - 21 Dec 1996

NOwens 19 Dec 1996#349231
Will Nascar 2 support the use of COM 3 & 4? Neil Owens
Doug Gre 19 Dec 1996#349232
>Will Nascar 2 support the use of COM 3 & 4? >Neil Owens It appears that there is no support for those ports. There is also no 2 IRQ support. Why is this . I hope it can be fixed in the patch. Doug Greer
David Spark 20 Dec 1996#349396
Quoted text (8 lines)>>Will Nascar 2 support the use of COM 3 & 4? >>Neil Owens >It appears that there is no support for those ports. There is also no >2 IRQ support. Why is this . I hope it can be fixed in the patch. >Doug Greer
They do support COM3 at least, because that's what I'm using with my modem. I suspect that your BIOS isn't recognizing your serial port or modem. I think there's a freeware program out there somewhere that will poke the appropriate locations in memory to convince the BIOS and N2 that your modem is alive. Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html
Robert 21 Dec 1996#349521
I have two computers here at home that are null modemed together through COM4. I don't know about COM3, as I don't have any device configured on that port. Most computers / cards only come with 2 serial port connections, and they are usually set by default to COMs 1 & 2. It up to you to re-configure them, if need be. Is your modem internal, or external? If it is internal, what COM port is it set to, and is the unused external port set to the same COM#? This is possible, and as long as there is nothing on that external port, you probably won't get any conflict. Does MSD report that you have a COM3 and COM4 installed? On my 5x86, I had an extra serial card laying around, so I configured it to be COM1 and stuck my mouse on it. I then reconfigured my new serial card so the the 16550 serial ports were coms 2 & 4. I plugged my external modem into COM2 and the nul modem cable into COM4. Since I never use the null and the modem at the same time, no conflicts. When I select the ports in N2, my choices are COM1, COM2, & COM4. Worked for me. An on the Pentium, I just reassigned the ports VIA the BIOS, and stuck in a internal modem. So the choices are the same there also ( COM1, COM2, & COM4 ) I belive that if the port is visable to DOS, then the setup program will offer it as a choice, at least it does on mine. > Will Nascar 2 support the use of COM 3 & 4? > Neil Owens
Robert 21 Dec 1996#349522
My null modem cable runs on COM4. COM3 is pretty much Taboo for me, because my mouse is on COM1.
Quoted text (8 lines)> >Will Nascar 2 support the use of COM 3 & 4? > >Neil Owens > It appears that there is no support for those ports. There is also no > 2 IRQ support. Why is this . I hope it can be fixed in the patch. > Doug Greer

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