reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) (10/23/90)
Hi, I just installed Windows 3.0 and downloaded the latest shareware version of QVT for Windows. I can not get it to work with my modem on COM3. I have set up the port addresses in SYSTEM.INI. I can use Procomm+ and QVT (non-windows version) with COM3 just fine. The apparent problem with WinQVT is that it doesn't respond to the IRQ4 interrupt. It can dial up the modem, but it doesn't get anything back. Has anyone had any success in getting this to work? thanks...jim p.s. System is Northgate "slimline" 386/20 with 4MB RAM and Super-VGA. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The opinions expressed here in no way represent the views of Digital Equipment Corporation." James J. Reisert Internet: reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp. UUCP: ...decwrl!ricks.enet!reisert 77 Reed Road Hudson, MA 01749-2895
efrethei@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Erik J. Fretheim) (10/23/90)
reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes: >I just installed Windows 3.0 and downloaded the latest shareware version of >QVT for Windows. I can not get it to work with my modem on COM3. I have >set up the port addresses in SYSTEM.INI. I can use Procomm+ and QVT >(non-windows version) with COM3 just fine. The apparent problem with WinQVT >is that it doesn't respond to the IRQ4 interrupt. It can dial up the modem, >but it doesn't get anything back. The problem appears to be one with windows. I had very simular problems. I could use my modem just fine on com4 as long as I didn't run windows in the enhanced mode. Once in enhanced mode it wouldn't recognize the interupts. All of the active ports were installed in DOS. I checked everything and everything seemed fine. Then I tried one of these check out routines and suddenly I discovered windows said I had ports 1,2,and 3 active, not 1, 2 and 4. The problem appears to be that windows will go out and check the ports and assign the first active one to com1, the second to com2 and the third to com3. Unfortunately, if you don't happen to have everything right together starting with com1, winndows will claim you do anyway. The only solutions I could come up with is to either a) buy some new serial device for the unused com, or b) move all of your hardware to sequential ports, or c) wait until windows recovers from its brain death. None of which are really acceptable, but one of which we can maybe live with. ejf -- -- Erik J Fretheim efrethei@afit.af.mil AFIT/ENA Box 4151 (ATTN: CPT FRETHEIM) (513)255-5276 AVN785-5276 WPAFB, OH 45431 USA