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" --- Msged/NT 6.0.1 * Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174) .