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- From: jsalb@ix.netcom.com (Jesse Salb)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Win communications:Strange problem
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 03:56:13 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <30fb217a.11042945@nntp.ix.netcom.com>
- References: <b$hzmmP76zUS058yn@kaiwan.com>
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- X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 15 7:56:16 PM PST 1996
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- On 15 Jan 1996 19:01:45 -0800, raven@kaiwan.com ( /\/\ ) wrote:
-
- >
- >Greetings,
- > I've recently run into a strange problem with my WIN communications
- >packages.
- >
- >Background: I use both DOS and WIN commincations packages.
- >The DOS (PCPLUS) program works fine in both DOS and as DOS window from
- >WfW.
- >But, Procomm/WIN and Qmodem/WIN can't initialize the modem anymore (I
- >could swear they could at one time-I use the DOS one most often).
- >
- >The interesting thing is that when starting up the WIN comms, it shows
- >the SD light constantly on, but the modem itself doesn't show this.
- >
- >I've compared the setups to the DOS setup and they are both identical.
- >Everything looks fine. IRQs, Ports, COMs all look fine.
- >I've got a USR Sportster 28.8 and I picked USR 14.4 and Generic 14.4
- >on both WIN comms. I also changed the INIT string to ATZ after
- >the others failed to fix it.
- >
- >I can't the ATA to work, and nothing shows the modem is ready except
- >the DOS program.
- >
- >Anybody have any ideas short of reinstalling?
- >
- >
- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >|Steve Price | Let's see, one guy says TIME HAS INERTIA and another |
- >|/\/\ Raven /\/\ | guy says OUR UNIVERSE IS A PLUTONIUM ATOM. OH, I GET |
- >|raven@kaiwan.com | IT! It's Kookie, the Crazy Clown poster..that Kookie!|
- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Astonishing! I have exactly the same problem with Procomm/Win and its
- driving me crazy.
-
- Jesse
-