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- From: robking@voyager.co.nz (Robert King)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.comm,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Annoying Speaker Noise!!!
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:02:10 GMT
- Organization: My Little Corner of the Net
- Message-ID: <4die01$nt4@oznet07.ozemail.com.au>
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- After testing a Dynalink V34 modem for a month and being totally
- satisfied with it's performance, I bought my own today. I had been a
- Supra fan but since they decided to ignore those of us without PnP PCs
- or OSes, I looked elsewhere.
-
- The first thing I noticed was that my new modem had an AT&T chipset as
- opposed to the borrowed one's Rockwell chipset. Are the AT&T chipsets
- ok? It works, but on one BBS where I always got a connect, I'm
- getting the occasional lockup after CONNECT 28800/MNP5.
- It could be a problem at their end, I guess.
-
- Anyway, I noticed a curious thing when it dials. When the modem picks
- up carrier there is this intense static/clicking sound coming from the
- modem speaker while it's dialing and negotiating. Maybe the modem is
- faulty? The funny thing is that it ONLY occurs when using native OS/2
- comms apps like ZOC or the IAK, or when using Telix for Windows under
- Win-OS/2 or Win95. Telix for DOS seems to be the only comms program
- on my PC that doesn't cause the speaker to bug out (even when running
- under OS/2!)
-
- I did notice a fluctuation in the clicking if the disk drive was
- accessed while it was dialing.
-
- Could it be picking up interference from the IDE controller? The new
- modem is in exactly the same slot as the borrowed one was and it never
- skipped a beat with its speaker or anything.
-
- Why are two modems with identical part numbers never the same!!!
-
- Like I said, I'm using OS/2 Warp with ZOC and IAK as my comms
- software. My init string is AT&F&C1&D2.
- I also use Win95 occasionally with Hyperterminal or Telix for Windows
- 1.10.
-
- Thanks :-)
-
-