[Discussion] PMFax and PCI modems
Carl Gehr
Carl.Gehr at MCGCG.Com
Sun Feb 3 07:34:52 PST 2008
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:35:06 -0700, Chuck McKinnis wrote:
>Carl Gehr wrote:
>> On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:06:54 -0700, Chuck McKinnis wrote:
>>
>>>> I probably should have asked before, even though my COM.SYS statements
>>>> are REM'd. But, What does the '/F' actually mean? I did a:
>>>> HELP COM.SYS
>>>> and it does not indicate any switches or options other than the ones
>>>> that indicate the port,address for the device.
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>> Carl
>>> From the COM.SYS driver that supports PCI ports readme:
>>>
>>> The COM DD with PCI support accepts the same CONFIG.SYS parameters as
>>> legacy COM DD (see OS/2 Command Reference) and three additional parameters:
>>> /V Verbose mode
>>> to display driver information about all accepted for service
>>> COM ports.
>>> /W Wait verbose mode.
>>> Displaying pauses with a "Press Enter to continue..." message.
>>> /F Find COM ports on PCI combo (serial/parallel) cards automatically.
>>
>> Thanks, Chuck...
>> I'll file this for future reference.
>>
>> I've looked all over the system for the file you refer to. There's
>> obviously something key that I'm missing regarding it's name/location.
>>
>> Carl
>
>PCIDEV.TBL should be in \OS2\BOOT if you have installed the COM.SYS
>driver with PCI support.
I guess I must not have that support installed. No such file there.
Probably because I'm using a TPad. I guess eCS would have installed it
if it found the hardware and I needed it.
Thanks again!
Carl
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