Are the serial ports on a PCMCIA card or does the laptop treat the serial port as a card? You may need some additional software known as a point enabler to access it under DOS.
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "burkleoj" <joeburk...@...> wrote: > > Dennis, > I have had problems with both the MT1000 and HT600 software on some laptops. > > I had to use the DOS "MODE" command to hard set the serial port to 9600,8,N,1 > parameters to make one Dell laptop work and I never could make a couple other > laptops work no matter what I tried. > > I have used both Dell and Gateway P1 and PII desktops with no issues and have > not had to use any of the tricks that some laptops require. > > I tried the above combination with both a Motorola programmer and a > aftermarket unit with the same results. The laptops either worked with both > programmers or did not work with either programmer. > > Good Luck. > > Joe - WA7JAW > > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Wade <sacramento.cyclist@> > wrote: > > > > Good evening, > > > > Well the subject line asks the question. The Dell M70 is a > > 1.8 ghz Pentium M machine. What I've done is this: > > > > Installed DOS7.1 (the Wind98SE one) in a dual boot > > arrangement on its own partition. I have been able to run RSS under > > this DOS on a different machine. > > > > Run FIFO.com to disable the FIFO buffer on the 16550A UART > > > > Run RSS with MoSlo at various slower speeds with both > > methods of slowdown. > > > > Constructive suggestions welcome...Thanks! > > > > Dennis > > > > -- > > I've been wondering lately..."Where am I going and why AM I in this > > hand basket??" > > > > ------------------------- > > Dennis L. Wade > > KG6ZI > > Carmichael, CA > > >
