Re: OFF TOPIC: W/95 term progs > COM5?

[Edward J Young <eyoung@linus.cudenver.edu>]

Kent, 

I guess I didn't make myself clear. I need a com program to *use*
the
ports, not  to verify that they work. I already know that they work, and
that the card is working. I know this by some other diagnostics which
the board came with. The new ports are mapped to com5 and above. 

I need to use the board to communicate serialy with some other systems. To
do this I need a  com program that will work with com5 and above. I know
this is possible, but since com ports above 4 are nonstandard in the
W/World, most programs don't go up there. I believe it's simply that they
have hardcoded their programs, not that it's not possible. 

Thanx, 

Ed

On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Kent West wrote:

> 
> 
> I've never played with more than 4 com ports, so this may not work at 
> all, but you can give it a go. Attach a modem to one of the ports (say, 
> COM5), then from a "Command Prompt Only" (or "Restart Computer in MS-DOS 
> Mode") prompt, enter a command like:
>    echo ATDT(phone_num_of_your_second_line) > COM5
> and see if the modem dials your second phone line. If so, then you know 
> the card is (at least partially) working.
> 
> kent.west@infotech.acu.edu
> 
>