Re: problem hooking laptop to serial port

[James Ervin <james kites org>]

Are the ports enabled in the BIOS of the motherboard?  Generall new
computers come with one disabled to use the IRQ for some other device.

>I have a modem, which only plugs into the ttys0 nine-pin connector.
>This is why I want to connect the laptop to the other serial port,
>which is 25 pin.  My mouse connects to a ps2 mouse port.  I don't
>think there are any other serial devices.
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James Ervin
City of Bedford Network Administration
admin ci bedford va us
(540)586-7156