Technical information

Serial Solutions Newcom Parameters
Omit Port From Serial Solution Control.
Switch: /O range
Purpose:
Prevents Serial Solutions from managing that port. If you
wish a mouse driver or the default DOS handlers to control a
serial port then remove that port from serial solutions control.
’range’
’range’ must be given. Range specifies the COM ports,
range may be a SINGLE port OR a RANGE of ports.
Single port examples:- (old method:- still works)
/O1 COM1 not under Serial Solutions control.
/O2 COM1 not under Serial Solutions control.
Range port examples:-
/O8-10
Ports COM8 to COM10 outside Serial Solutions control.
/O13- range is COM13 to maxport (=16 with NewCOM.sys).
COM13 to COM16 not under Serial Solutions control.
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