----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric G . Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 12:29 AM Subject: Re: OffTopic: how do I add /dev/ttyS4 (com5)
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 10:56:09PM -0500, William Jensen wrote: > > A friend of mine bought a new usr modem that is set to com5, > > unfortunetly the pc has no jumpers on the outside....so how can I get > > him a com5 in /dev? > > Is it PCI? or is it on an expansion board? or? If it's PCI, better > check: http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html . > > If it's on an expansion board, you need a kernel that supports > 4 > serial ports. If it's ISA, you should be able to use one of 0-3 (check > your BIOS). I'm unable to read William's posts for some reason, so I'm responding indirectly. If this modem is a USR Model 1610A (or just 1610, not sure now) 56k Dual Faxmodem PCI, let me know (Its still being sold). I have this and its not a winmodem, but it defaults to com5 in the Windows world. You can also search the web with the model number and other keywords to find the answers that I found when I looked.
