At 06:18 PM 12/25/1999 , John Rinehart said:

 >A friend just bought a used Compaq Presario 1065 laptop. He did not get the
 >users manual with it - no documentation. He would like to attach a scanner
 >through the external COM port.

Scanners usually connect either thru a Parallel port or thru a USB
port.  They do not connect thru the COM port.

 >Does he need to go into the BIOS and disable the internal modem in order to
 >free the resources for the COM port? How does he enter the BIOS setup
 >routine and any other information would be much appreciated on getting
 >a serial scanner working?

I've never seen a serial scanner before...Who is the manufacturer?  I'm
just curious here...


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Regards,
Alan

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