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From: Daniel Hartmeier <daniel@reichardt.ch>
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Subject: Solution: SIOCONS and Windows NT
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 21:53:14 +0100
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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Hello everybody,

since I was not the only one having troubles using siocons under Windows
NT,
here is what I found out:

 - Use Windows NT 4 international english version (I don't know about
other
   versions, but they certainly need another Service Pack).

 - Apply Service Pack 3 from Microsoft (available since last week, see
   ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/nt40/ussp3).
   Unfortunatly the thing is huge (~18MB). If you can't download it,
   contact your local Microsoft support. In *desperate* cases I could
   burn a CD-R for you.

 - Configure your serial port using Control Panel/Ports: COMx, 115200
baud,
   8N1, hardware flow control. Check if the port works (using a modem
for
   instance).

 - Set I/O address and IRQ in your DJSETUP.BAT. For COM2 it's usually
   SET DTLH3000=0x2f8,3,115200 (the BIOS reports the values at boot
time)

 - To set terminal speed to 115200 do the following:

   - Plug a memory card into port 2, reset playstation
     (don't worry if it says MEMORY CARD CHECKING...NOT FOUND)

   - Start siocons with parameter -B 9600 (or whatever the terminal
speed
     *currently* is)

   - Press ENTER until you get a response (">>") from the playstation.

   - Enter command "format bu10:". The memory card will be formated.

   - The playstation asks you to terminate siocons and restart it using
     parameter -B 115200. Do so (if you set speed 115200 in DJSETUP.BAT,
     you can omit the parameter).

   - The playstation asks you if you want to store the new speed on the
     memory card. Say yes.

   - The playstation should now detect the memory card at boot time and
     say TERMINAL SPEED 115200 BPS.

This procedure worked for me. Some rare PC's can't handle baud rates up
to
115200 bps. Get a new serial card with a good UART chip or try to set up
a lower baud rate.

I hope this helps. Thanks to everybody who cared to help me.

Yaroze,

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