[PLUG] Serial Port Programming

[Richard C. Steffens]

On Monday 29 November 2004 2:01 pm, Vincent Yau wrote:

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

Maybe.

The easiest way to know is to re-boot and hit whatever your machine uses to 
look at and modify your BIOS settings. On one of my machines that's the DEL 
key, on another it's the F1 or F2 key (I think). But, you should see some 
wording to that effect on the screen. Once you're looking at the BIOS, you 
will have to do a bit of digging around, since different BIOS's handle things 
differently. It may be in a section labeled Advanced. What you're looking for 
is something related to ports. Once you find that, look for serial or comm 
ports and make sure that the one you're using is not disabled.  This should 
make a lot more sense when you see it. 

Hope this helps.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens
http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/