Subj : Game States it Cannot Open COM3
To   : Tim Whitson
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Mon Mar 04 2024 11:08 pm

 Re: Game States it Cannot Open COM3
 By: Tim Whitson to All on Mon Mar 04 2024 09:17 pm

> I'm getting the error message:
>
> EXEC/DOSXTRN
> The system cannot open COM3 port requested by the application.
> Choose 'Close" to terminate the application.
>
> I'm trying to run the game Nukewar 3.80 under Synchronet, Win10, 32bit.  I
> had 3.50 running just fine but I can't get 3.80 running.
>
> Any ideas?

Which version of Synchronet?

By default the Synchronet Virtual UART driver emulates COM1 (not COM3). But this is configurable:
https://wiki.synchro.net/config:sbbsexec.ini

However, it'd be better to configure your door game to use COM1. And FOSSIL (int14h) is generally more performant that COM/UART I/O, if you care about performance.
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