Subj : Binkley Error message
To   : mark lewis
From : Fred Riccio
Date : Fri Mar 15 2013 04:37 am

Hello mark!

14 Mar 13 21:40, mark lewis wrote to Fred Riccio:

FR>> Any idea what this is trying to tell me?

FR>> + 14 Mar 18:46:59 BINK begin, BinkleyTerm/Win32 Ver. 2.60
FR>> ! 14 Mar 18:47:06 BINK SYS00000006: GetCommState()

ml> seems to be saying that the com port is broken or inaccessible...

Thats what I was afraid of.  The modem (external) is making a high pitch noise
(like a bad fan) too.

Can you even buy a serial card or modem any more?  Maybe at a museum?



ml> what OS?

Win2K

What little information I could find on GetCommState says error 6 is "bad file
handle"

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