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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