mode woes

[Squashman]

You could give SCANCODE a try.
http://www.resoo.org/docs/dos/free_software/keyb.htm

[student0101]

You could give SCANCODE a try.
http://www.resoo.org/docs/dos/free_software/keyb.htm

Downloaded scncd590.zip (beta); read the doc files; tried it as a command line; looks promising. Thanks. Ordered a switch. Will let you know how it turns out. 

[foxidrive]

Thanks for the offer foxidrive. Did these progs work for you?

I didn't often use those features in the MSDOS days.

Look at Scancode here which looks like it handles three-key sequences: http://bretjohnson.us/
At least it looks like it in the V5.00 doc I have here anyway.

You could give SCANCODE a try.
http://www.resoo.org/docs/dos/free_software/keyb.htm

EDIT: I was beaten by page 2.

[kbit]

 Just dropping some info , my book says " To display the current status of a serial port , enter the MODE COM# command without any parameters . To display the status of all the DOS devices attached to your computer , enter the MODE command alone . "

MODE COM# baud, parity, data, stop, retry 
  #= 1 , 2 , 3 , 4  colon after number is optional
 baud= 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200    can enter just first two digits
 parity= N for NONE , O for ODD , E for EVEN , M for MARK , S for SPACE   default is E
 data= 5 through 8  default is 7
 stop= 1 , 1.5 , 2   110 baud default is 2 , otherwise default is 1
 retry= instructs DOS how to handle timeouts [ B , Return busy when port is busy ][ E , Return error ][ P , Retry until accepted  ][ R , Return ready ]     continuous  retries on dos 5 and up use B , dos 4 and lower use P , might hang computer but can stop continuous retries with Ctrl-Break [ N or NONE take no action , default]

 Hope it helps , seems like all the important stuff for MODE and serial ports.

[Squashman]

Just dropping some info , my book says " To display the current status of a serial port , enter the MODE COM# command without any parameters . To display the status of all the DOS devices attached to your computer , enter the MODE command alone . "

MODE COM# baud, parity, data, stop, retry 
  #= 1 , 2 , 3 , 4  colon after number is optional
 baud= 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200    can enter just first two digits
 parity= N for NONE , O for ODD , E for EVEN , M for MARK , S for SPACE   default is E
 data= 5 through 8  default is 7
 stop= 1 , 1.5 , 2   110 baud default is 2 , otherwise default is 1
 retry= instructs DOS how to handle timeouts [ B , Return busy when port is busy ][ E , Return error ][ P , Retry until accepted  ][ R , Return ready ]     continuous  retries on dos 5 and up use B , dos 4 and lower use P , might hang computer but can stop continuous retries with Ctrl-Break [ N or NONE take no action , default]

 Hope it helps , seems like all the important stuff for MODE and serial ports.

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[student0101]

Hope it helps , seems like all the important stuff for MODE and serial ports.

Thanks, kbit. I was actually looking for info beyond documented switches/options. In any case, as Squashman stated, this issue has been resolved.