Subject: Re: Com-port (DOS) under Win9x Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:52:04 +0100 From: "msnews.microsoft.com" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win95.msdosapps This worked perfectly with the cash drawer - thanks Mark -- ------------------------ Regards >> David Hanmer << >=micro-HELP (Scotland)=< Phone/FAX: +44 (0)1224 773438 e-Mail: dwh@mh-s.co.uk http://www.mh-s.co.uk "Mark Dormer" wrote in message news:uLoPiOQs$GA.255@cppssbbsa04... > Try adding one of these lines to the [386Enh] section of system.ini > This is an old Win3.1 tip but still works > > COM1AutoAssign= > COM2AutoAssign= > COM3AutoAssign= > COM4AutoAssign= > Default: 2 > Purpose: Indicates the contention detection values for each > connected serial port. These values are used by > Windows to determine how to arbitrate requests for > the use of a device by more than one application, > at least one of which is a non-Windows > application. If the value is -1, Windows will > display a warning message that asks you which > application should be given control of the port. > If the value is zero, any application can use the > device at any time. If the value is a positive > integer less than 1,000, this value represents the > number of seconds after an application stops using > the device before another application can use the > same device. > To change: Edit by Hand. > > Gunther Van Wijnen wrote in message > news:eC2i58Gs$GA.293@cppssbbsa05... > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone help ? > > > > I'm using a Dos-program (Telix) to connect to a com-port. Since I have > Win98 > > SE, I'm not able anymore to use this port from within my Dos-program. It > > tells me that it can't initialise the port. Hyperterm works, when I boot > > with F8 -> only dos-prompt, it also works, but from a dos-box in Win98, it > > doesn't. > > > > What is wrong ???? > > > > Thanks for the help > > > > > >