Com2 not working

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 11-26-92 (15:45)             Number: 346
From: JIM BREWER                   Refer#: NONE
  To: PETER BARNEY                  Recvd: NO  
Subj: Com2 not working               Conf: (2) Quik_Bas

-> >         I posted some code just yesterday to Bryan Leggo to do just .....
-> Got it, thanks!  That solved the problem.  Is this a bug with QB or
-> just the way my BIOS works?  Meaning, should I always be on the
-> lookout (code-wise)
-> for this problem on other systems that run my programs?

        The way I see it, it is a difference between how DOS and QB handle
the information. DOS, when you only have one serial port
adapter in the machine, calls the port the 'Primary
Asynchronous Adapter' and places the base address of it in
the BIOS Data area at 0040:0000. QB on the other hand, when
you open COM2, looks in the BIOS Data area at 0040:0002 for
the base address of the port.

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