Jason wrote:

> From: "Richard Prosser" <rhprosser@gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:52 PM
> 
>> The mode command?
> 
> The "DOS" with winXP is practically useless.

I hear that a lot, yet I have still to find something that MS-DOS could
that WinXP can't. Most of the "uselessnesses" are caused by the device
between keyboard and chair and they often can be remedied by RTFM :) 

> I typed mode com1:,n,8,1 or something similar, and my command prompt froze. 

I didn't try that command, but given the command line help for mode, I
wouldn't... :)

E:\>mode /?
Configures system devices.

Serial port:       MODE COMm[:] [BAUD=b] [PARITY=p] [DATA=d] [STOP=s]
                                [to=on|off] [xon=on|off] [odsr=on|off]
                                [octs=on|off] [dtr=on|off|hs]
                                [rts=on|off|hs|tg] [idsr=on|off]

Device Status:     MODE [device] [/STATUS]

Redirect printing: MODE LPTn[:]=COMm[:]

Select code page:  MODE CON[:] CP SELECT=yyy

Code page status:  MODE CON[:] CP [/STATUS]

Display mode:      MODE CON[:] [COLS=c] [LINES=n]

Typematic rate:    MODE CON[:] [RATE=r DELAY=d]

E:\>mode COM1: /status

Status for device COM1:
-----------------------
    Baud:            115200
    Parity:          None
    Data Bits:       8
    Stop Bits:       2
    Timeout:         OFF
    XON/XOFF:        OFF
    CTS handshaking: OFF
    DSR handshaking: OFF
    DSR sensitivity: OFF
    DTR circuit:     ON
    RTS circuit:     ON


E:\>MODE COM1 baud=300
Default to 7 data bits.
Default to 1 stop bits.
Default to even parity.

Status for device COM1:
-----------------------
    Baud:            300
    Parity:          Even
    Data Bits:       7
    Stop Bits:       1
    Timeout:         OFF
    XON/XOFF:        OFF
    CTS handshaking: OFF
    DSR handshaking: OFF
    DSR sensitivity: OFF
    DTR circuit:     ON
    RTS circuit:     ON


Alternatively, you can try the serial port configuration in the device
manager. Its defaults possibly are being picked up when you open a shell.

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Besides wget/redirection, there is also the possibility of using scripting.
Many script languages provide a means to access web pages -- among many
others, the ones that come with WinXP. 

Home page of Windows Scripting http://tinyurl.com/4h52e
Explains some basics of how to use the Internet Explorer objects
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20011215.asp

Gerhard

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