Re: [Freedos-user] Question about error message / redirecting AUX and PRN?

2022-07-11 Thread Eric Stein
Thanks for the reply. It turns out the software is trying to write to the com port on exit, which I'm assuming expects to find a modem there. There was a modem connected, but wasn't turned on. With the modem on, I don't get the error. Also if there is nothing connected to the port, the data is

Re: [Freedos-user] Question about error message

2022-07-08 Thread Ralf Quint
On 7/8/2022 12:54 PM, Eric Stein wrote: Regarding FreeDOS 1.3 release version: So I get this message when I exit from a certain program: Error reading from device AUX: write fault. Aside from the strangeness of getting a write fault by reading something, does DOS even still have an AUX devic

Re: [Freedos-user] Question about error message

2022-07-08 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 3:11 PM Eric Stein wrote: > > So I get this message when I exit from a certain program: Error reading > from device AUX: write fault. > > Aside from the strangeness of getting a write fault by reading > something, does DOS even still have an AUX device? I think this is

[Freedos-user] Question about error message

2022-07-08 Thread Eric Stein
Regarding FreeDOS 1.3 release version: So I get this message when I exit from a certain program: Error reading from device AUX: write fault. Aside from the strangeness of getting a write fault by reading something, does DOS even still have an AUX device?  I think this is a generic device nam