Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: "Rajiv Patel" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems.pc Subject: Re: Siocons Hell! Date: 22 May 1997 05:53:11 GMT Organization: SCEA Net Yaroze News Lines: 20 Message-ID: <01bc665b$8cd09bf0$010200c0@storm> References: <337B4E98.23C4E779@aimquest.com> <337D20F8.2E75@zicorp.com> <337DD439.61F5@zicorp.com> <338385DF.8112BE41@aimquest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-206-170-67-53.anhm01.pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Scott Solmonson wrote in article > > > > I am also having fun problems with siocons. (under NT4) > > > > I think all my connections are good (I have a serial line monitor). > > > > My port, IRQ, and baud rate settings are good too. > > > > The problem I'm having is: when running siocons with a batch file as an > > > > argument ("siocons auto"), I get the "Binary write timeout!" error. > > > > Then if I hit F3 and type "auto" it begins the first data file, and a > > > > "sync error" is reported on the tv. I didn't think siocons would work in NT. Doesn't it get stomped for attempting to write directly to the serial port? I would have thought that it violates the HAL. I tried it in NT4 anyway - it didn't work for me either. Try it in Win95 or DOS. raj