18 May
2023
18 May
'23
6:49 p.m.
Message: 23
Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 17:32:00 +0100
From: Tony Duell <ard.p850ug1(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [cctalk]
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<But that's a minor issue. The loss of RS232 communications is a lot
<more serious.
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<-tony
Can you fix it using MODE.com from a DOS prompt?
Bob
18 May
18 May
7:02 p.m.
New subject: ST-251 Data Recovery for Glenside Color Computer Club (GCCC)
<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.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
7:08 p.m.
New subject: ST-251 Data Recovery for Glenside Color Computer Club (GCCC)
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
7:15 p.m.
New subject: ST-251 Data Recovery for Glenside Color Computer Club (GCCC)
>>> <But that's a minor issue. The loss
of RS232 communications is a lot
>>> <more serious.
>> Can you fix it using MODE.com from a DOS prompt?
> Or, a full re-install of the USB-RS232 dongle?
On Thu, 18 May 2023, Tony Duell 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.
rarely does
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.
That is EXACTLY what I mean by "full re-instaall"
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.
perhaps an assumption that one would never have ANY other USB item
connected other than it?
Or "upgrading" some lower level part of the USB interface?
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 :-)
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