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I am far from a computer expert - but I've worked with them (and sometimes
struggled with them) for a long time. Call me superstitious - but I always
put the most important communications device on my computer on the COM1 port
and IRQ - because that's the one that's most likely to work. Once you get
to COM3 - you increase your chances of having IRQ conflicts - or having
software where the COM2-COM(pick a number) was an add-on - not part of the
original software. What are you running on COM1 and COM2? And have you
checked your COM3 for IRQ conflicts with other devices?
By the way - being permanently confused about things like IRQ conflicts is a
way of life for non-technical computer users like you and me. Robyn
Alex Levitin wrote:
> Dear Comrades:
>
> I have TS 4.0 build 19.6 and Omega Server 4.00.11 (Bonneville Data feed)
> with TV cable box. My computer is Pentium Pro 150 Mhz, 128 MB RAM,
> Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3. TV Cable box is connected to T/Port
> Card Model 1515PT from Telcor Systems Corporation configured as COM 3.
>
> When I restart Omega Server it give me a message FAILURE TO ESTABLISH
> COMMUNICATION. COM3 NOT PRESENT. Then I have to close the server and
> restart it. After several closings and restarts, communication
> established and then the system runs fine.
>
> As I grow older my luck changes. Now days, I have to rebut computer
> (powering it down) 3-5 times before Omega Server would be kind enough to
> recognize presents of the COM3. And with every week number of times I
> have to repeat the exercise growing. What would I do if I run out of 24
> hours per day trying to restart the server?
>
> Please, don't suggest not to restart the Omega Server. I thought about
> it. But every other day the Omega Server produces the error message
> (Security Block is missing) and the only way out of it is to restart the
> server.
>
> Very Truly Your,
> Scared to death and permanently confused,
>
> Alexander Levitin.
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