COM Ports and Related Hardware in Windows

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STANDARD COM PORT & MODEM SETTINGS + KERMIT TERMINAL FOR DOS

Typically on 486 hardware with Windows 95:

  • mouse on com 2
  • modem on com 3

Standard COM and LPT port addressing for Windows 3.1/3.11/95/95OSR2/95OSR2.5/98/98SE

  • onboard com1: 3f8 irq4
  • onboard com2: 2f8 irq3
  • parallel  : 378 irq7

-for more on com ports see "mcom.txt"

MODEM

  • COM: 3 IRQ: 4

HOW TO USE KERMIT TO TEST COM PORTS:

>set po 1 	(set onboard port 1)
>set ba 1200	(set baud 1200)
>c		(terminal mode)
<alt>-X		(exit terminal mode)
1200 good for testing mouse

HOW TO USE DEBUG TO TEST COM PORTS

debug
-d 40:0

IDE ADDRESSES (HARDDRIVES AND CD ROM DRIVERS)

            address, irq
primary     1F0,     14
secondary   170,     15
tertiary    1E8,     11
quadriary   168,     12



 

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