[PLUG] Serial Port Programming

[Vincent Yau]

I did not know that serial port turn off by default.  I am on a desktop,
does that rule still apply?

thanks


>From: "Richard C. Steffens" <rsteff.l at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: General Linux discussion and assistance <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
>To: General Linux discussion and assistance <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
>Subject: Re: [PLUG] Serial Port Programming
>Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:09:08 -0800
>
>On Sunday 28 November 2004 9:28 pm, Vincent Yau wrote:
>
> > I am beginning to wonder if my serial port is "working" or not.
> > I don't k now what is a good way to test my serial port connection.
>
>The first time I tried working with the serial port on my laptop, nothing
>seemed to work. Then, I remembered that the port shipped turned off. I
>suspect that most folks remember this, but have you checked your BIOS
>settings to be sure the port is turned on?
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dick Steffens
>http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/
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