Correction

In the Jan/Feb, 2000 issue of PTP, in the "Tips, Traps & Techniques" article, the tip about getting a Windows computer to release the serial port was incorrectly formatted. The correct formatting for those lines to be placed under the [386Enh] heading in the system.ini file in the windows directory is as follows:

ComBoostTime=5
Com1AutoAssign=2
Com2AutoAssign=2
Com3AutoAssign=2
Com4AutoAssign=2
Com1FIFO=1
Com2FIFO=1
Com3FIFO=1
Com4FIFO=1

There are nine commands, each of which must go on a separate line in the system.ini file.

Also, we inadvertently omitted the name and e-mail address of the "tip-master," John Vander Stel, jvanderstel@juno.com, who contributed this tip.