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First post, by bvcom

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im trying to get a serial port to work in dosbox.
I continue to get errors. within my dos software ive tryed selecting com 1 and com 2. both give errors ... cannot connect.
do I have to edit a file or something?

Reply 1 of 5, by MiniMax

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Probably. You get a free cookie if you read section 11 of the README file.

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Reply 3 of 5, by MiniMax

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As as start, it is simplest if you edit the default DOSBox configuration file.

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Reply 5 of 5, by MiniMax

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bvcom wrote:

sorry bout my newbiness.. how do you open the config file for editing.
yes i read the readme file.

Line 1229 (section 11) of the README? Missed that?

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