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
