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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:23:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: "Robert S. Liotta, II" <bliotta@usco.com>
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Subject: Re: Serial Port on Compaq Lap Top
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On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Robert S. Liotta, II wrote:

> I have a Compaq Laptop and need a little help!  I am using
> the Generic Kernel and it won't recognize the Serial Port.
> 
> If I run Win95 "Gak", It sees it fine.  Any help would
> be appreciated.  Thanks.

Make sure the settings for the serial port (IRQ, port) match in win95 and
FreeBSD.

Since this is a Compaq laptop (double whammy of incompatibilty) it may
just not work.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major