can t set com g ks answer gateway service has confirmed my suspicion echoed by a couple of people who responded to the original request for help the ati vlb video board uses the addresses for com they could suggest no work around i will be returning the df io card they supplied for com even though it could not possibly work for credit against a bus mouse this will free up the com port i need too bad the original salesman who suggested either the df io card or the bus mouse would solve my need for a port didn t know enough about the hardware otherwise i must say that the dx system has worked very well no problems with any other hardware or software john siegel k bnc cbnewsh att com
