Tony Monteiro <MONTEIRO@POLYGRAF.bitnet> (02/21/90)
On Wed, 14 Feb 90 08:19:03 CDT you said: >Hi: > >Does anyone know how I can access my serial port through DOS Merge? >I want to open a DOS window and be able to run programs like PROCOMM >and IBM's FTTERM (asynch terminal emulator). At this time, my programs >"run" but they do not actually communicate with the serial port. I have >had no problems using the ATE program or Kermit with the serial port >from within AIX. Any suggestions would be appreciated. ...Chris... Chris, I think what you want to do is something like: dos +acom1=/dev/tty0 That will direct com1 requests to the AIX device /dev/tty0, which is the serial port in my case. Further info can be found on page 5-35 of "DOS Merge User's and Admin Guide" ( SC23-2045 ). Hope that helps. Tony Monteiro || BITNET: MONTEIRO@POLYGRAF Polytechnic University || Internet: monteiro@graf.poly.edu New York ||