can't find serial port

[Kyrath. (AKA Rob)]

OK, it looks like the port might be disabled.  The copy command came back
with 1 file copied, but there was no output.
is it possible that the port is physically disabled?  Also, do the embedded
video and sound cards pose a conflict problem, especially if I want to use
my own cards?
-- Rob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: can't find serial port


> >From your Windows command prompt, can you:
>
> copy c:\autoexec.bat com1
>
> If you hear anything from your synth, you'll know your device is
> working.
>
> It's possible that the port is bad, of course. It's also possible that
> it's disabled in bios. That would probably mean getting someone sighted
> to go through the bios with you.
>
> Kyrath writes:
> > From: "Kyrath" <kyrath at cox.net>
> >
> > Hi,
> > I've got an old Gateway P2 266 that currently has win98 on it.
> > It, unfortunately, has embedded video and sound cards.  However, I'm not
sure that would be the cause of my problems with finding the serial port.
> > I've tried to redirect output via null modem cable and tried to get it
to use the external double talk, but nothing happens.
> > It will boot into windows, and it does access the floppy, just once,
when I type "console=ttyS0" or "speakup_synth=ltlk", but no joy.
> > I even tried having it look for serial port 2.
> > Does anyone have any ideas of what's going on or what else I can try?
> > -- Rob
> > -- Rob
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