18 May
2023
18 May
'23
12:08 p.m.
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 8:03 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Depends on what you mean by a re-install...
Asking Windows to check the driver and install the correct/latest one
did not help.
Deleting the driver totally and then removing/reconnecting the USB end
of the interface cable got it to find the correct driver. So at least
I can talk to my device programmers, etc, again.
Quite why the software decided to replace that driver for me without
telling me is a mystery. Needless to say I am not going to run it
again.
<But that's a minor issue. The loss of
RS232 communications is a lot
<more serious.
On Thu, 18 May 2023, Robert Feldman via cctalk wrote:
Can you fix it using MODE.com from a DOS prompt?
Or, a full re-install of the USB-RS232 dongle?
Long ago, I learned, the hard way, that I should always make a complete
backup, or at least a restore point, before installing anything new, or
making any change.
I wish that I would remember to apply that lesson more consistently.
'Scratch monkeys' sprng to mind :-)
-tony