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Article: 14353 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Trouble with dialup connection from K95
Date: 3 Jun 2003 09:34:58 -0400
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <vdo01ti3qmnv9a@corp.supernews.com>,
JDan Skinner <jdanskinner@jdanskinner.com> wrote:
: ...
: I tried your suggestion. No improvement.
: I tried K95 with another Win modem and it worked
: as expected. I assume the problem is with this
: particular modem, but can't figure out exactly what.
: Any ideas?
:
Welcome to modern times. In the discredited, legacy,
deprecated old days, a serial port was a serial port
and modem was a modem, and we knew how they worked.
Now with Winmodems, all bets are off. NOBODY knows how
they work (if they do!) -- each one is different and
completely secret and closed. When they don't behave
as expected, you have no recourse but to "try this, try
that" until (if you're lucky) you find some combination
of incantations that helps.
If your PC still has a legacy, deprecated, discredited
actual serial port, save yourself the aggravation and
go out and buy an external modem for it.
- Frank