jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) (05/30/90)
I've been having a heck of a time getting my OriginalWriter :-) to work on
my IBM. Works fine on my GS, but nothing I do seems to get it to work.
I've tried messing with baud rates, Xon/Xoff, data sizes, switches here there
and everywhere.
It's hooked up to the COM1 serial port, which works fine with the modem (I'm
using a generic 25-25 pin RS232 cable). The IBM responds with
"Write Fault error writing device COM1".
Any help would be appreciated!
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In article <1990May29.201234.20539@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) writes: >It's hooked up to the COM1 serial port, which works fine with the modem (I'm >using a generic 25-25 pin RS232 cable). The IBM responds with >"Write Fault error writing device COM1". You have to do more than hook it up to the serial port. I don't use a serial printer on my 386 system, but if I remember correctly, you have to redirect the output of PRN (or LPT1) to the serial port. I imagine this supplies the appropriate software connection at the interrupt-vector level. -- Shawn P. Stanley shawn@marilyn.marilyn.mn.org bungia!marilyn!shawn {rosevax,crash}!orbit!marilyn!shawn
barrey@ka.excelan.com (Barrey Jewall) (06/09/90)
In article <43@marilyn.UUCP> shawn@marilyn.UUCP (Shawn P. Stanley) writes: >In article <1990May29.201234.20539@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) writes: >>It's hooked up to the COM1 serial port, which works fine with the modem (I'm >>using a generic 25-25 pin RS232 cable). The IBM responds with >>"Write Fault error writing device COM1". > >You have to do more than hook it up to the serial port. I don't use a serial >printer on my 386 system, but if I remember correctly, you have to redirect >the output of PRN (or LPT1) to the serial port. I imagine this supplies the >appropriate software connection at the interrupt-vector level. >-- >Shawn P. Stanley shawn@marilyn.marilyn.mn.org >bungia!marilyn!shawn {rosevax,crash}!orbit!marilyn!shawn The commands are as such: MODE COM1:96,n,8,1,p MODE COM1=LPT1: If you need more help with the cable or switch settings, let me know.. Barrey barrey@novell.COM