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Q48414: Selecting Communications Ports, Interrupts in COMPAQ SLT/286

Article: Q48414
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | mouse | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 19-MAR-1990

On a COMPAQ SLT/286, the communications port and its associated
interrupt can be set by using the Setup/Diagnostic program included
with the computer. The following is the procedure:

1. Place the Setup disk in your floppy drive.

2. Run the Setup program.

3. At the menu screen, press F4 to select "change configuration."

4. From the next menu screen, select "Modem async-device."

5. From the next screen, select "system async device."

6. From the next screen, select "com1."

7. From the next screen, select "interrupt 4."

8. Back up through the screens until you return to the DOS prompt.

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