On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: : On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 08:43:17PM -0600, Charles Read wrote: : > : > BTW, how do you talk to a modem from DOS? : > I want to try what Nathan suggested and see : > if the modem is a 'WinModem'. How else : > could you tell if not from DOS? : : Another test-- can you use the modem with one of Windows' : "Standard 28800 modem" type drivers, or do you have : to use on specifically for your modem? : : AFAIK WinModem is a USR idea, while your modem is Lucent : based, ie K56Flex (USR is x2). So I think it's unlikely : to be the problem.
Hmm, well, I worked on an Acer once that had a software driven modem with a Lucent chipset. It drove me utterly insane for a few days :/ Once we got Acer to send us the correct driver, the modem worked great, in Win95. Never once worked in DOS, OS/2, Linux, or NT. Your point is a good one though! -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
