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Solve : 486 bad com port?

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This ought to tax the memory for you old guys!!

I have a 486/66 hz motherboard with 2 com ports that I'm running DOS 6.22 on. Yeah, I know it's a dinosaur, but I NEED it to for some DOS-based software.

Anyway, one of the com ports (com 1) has GONE bad, but I only need one!

I seem to remember a command that you can put in either the autoexec.bat or config.sys that will SWITCH com ports. It's something like:

Com 1 = Com 2
or
Com 2 = Com 1

but I can't remember the exact syntax or where to put it!

Help!! Remember the Com 1 is BAD and the COM 2 is GOOD!

Thanks! You could try the mode command.

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This ought to tax the memory for you old guys!!

I'd stay up, but it's after supper and I really need some sleep.


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