Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: "Rajiv Patel" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems.pc Subject: Re: still having problems with siocons.... Date: 21 May 1997 05:17:37 GMT Organization: SCEA Net Yaroze News Lines: 35 Message-ID: <01bc658d$6aa40720$010200c0@storm> References: <01bc58eb$f1663f20$9d3bbbcc@sevans.worldchat.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-207-105-155-216.anhm01.pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Sean D. Evans wrote in article <01bc58eb$f1663f20$9d3bbbcc@sevans.worldchat.com>... > Hello again... > > I am still having problems with siocons. I don't get the >> after pressing > enter, but I can still press F3 to get the auto[1]: prompt. After entering > the filename batch0 and pressing enter this is the message that appears: > > BINARY WRITE:timeout ! > auto command all stop > > The the cursor appears beside a heart symbol. > > Has anyone else experienced these problems? If so, how did you overcome > them? I have the *exact* same problem when I try to run SIOCONS off COM3 (0x3E8, IRQ9). If I boot to a clean DOS (just ANSI.SYS loaded) and run SIOCONS off COM1 then it works fine. This is a bad solution at best - but (get this) everything works fine off COM3 *IF* I use PSComUtil from CodeWarrior. What port and IRQ are you using? I think SIOCONS has a problem with non-standard IRQs. The complaint I get when I'm using COM3 is that IRQ9 is in use by another program (in DOS?). raj -- What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground? Rajiv Patel scorn@pacbell.net