From: Rhonda Hyslop (0x7ff00025_at_paradox.homeip.net)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 12:48:38 PDT
* Paul Guyot <pguyot_at_kallisys.net> [ 5 May 2003 12:43]:
> No. Apparently, you have a problem with Basilisk. Basilisk is not a
> regular Mac. It has to emulate the serial port somehow. I heard about
> users who used it for Ethernet backups, but I don't know about serial
> connections. I suggest looking into the Basilisk II documentation in
> case there is some mention of the serial port. Also, setting NCU
> preferences may help.
Unfortunately, the basilisk people weren't very helpful when I tried to
ask them for help. (ie, I got no answer). Maybe I'll try again.
> For your information, when NCU is closed, it tries to close the
> serial port (and NCU does not this regularly, instead it does a patch
> to ensure that the serial port is closed even if it crashed). This
> means that a problem with the serial port emulation might explain
> your issues with closing NCU.
Interesting. I'll mention that when I try to talk to the basilisk
people, so see if that gives them any more information.
Thanks.
-Rhonda
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