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- From: Lucas Baltes <lucasb@dimensional.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Cardinal Modem Help
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 22:51:30 -0700
- Organization: Dimensional Communications
- Message-ID: <311D83E2.4741@dimensional.com>
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- TONY ELROD wrote:
- >
- > Re:Re: Cardinal Modem Help
- >
- > N|-From: nobody@nowhere
- > N|-
- > N|->>There is a fix for the Windows 95 speaker-mute problem with v1.4
- > N|->>firmware. In your C:\WINDOWS\INF there is a file named MDMROCK.INF.
- > N|->>First, make a backup of that file. Then, load that file into a
- > N|->>text editor. Do a search for ";" (parenthesis included) and
- > N|->>replace with "" (remove semicolon). The original line
- > N|-
- > N|-[snip]
- > N|-
- > N|-
- >
- > N|->>HKR, Settings, DialSuffix,, ";"
- >
- > N|->>should now be
- >
- > N|->>HKR, Settings, DialSuffix,, ""
- >
- > N|->>After you save the changes to MDMROCK.INF. Go into the Control
- > N|->>Panel and double click on the modems icon. Delete the entry for
- > N|->>the Cardinal modem, then readd it.
- >
- > N|->>That works for me. I can hear dialing, connect sequence or busy
- > N|->>signal.
- > N|->I tried with my just upgraded to v1.4 modem and it worked just fine.
- > N|-I now >have my dial tone and all handshaking sounds back.
- > N|-> Thanks Peter
- > N|-
- > N|-This fix sounds great. However, I have some concern about removing
- > N|-the ";".
- > N|-The purpose of the ";", as I understand it, is to execute a modem
- > N|-command WITHOUT leaving command mode. The modem remains ready for
- > N|-the next command.
- > N|-This isn't always needed. But sometimes it is. My fear is that the
- > N|-";" the modem me go "on-line" when the driving software doesn't
- > N|-expect that result.
- > N|-Any comments would be much appreciated.
- >
- > Well, if it creates any trouble, I've yet to see it!
- >
- > I'm *extremely* happy to have my dialing prompts audible again!
- >
- > Kudos to Peter Ho in this conference!!!
- > He has fixed a problem that Cardinal hasn't been able to fix since the
- > 1.4 flash was available!!
- >
- > Tony Elrod
- > (770) 569-9486(GA-EST)
- > Internet - to: tony.elrod@swsbbs.com
- > I have tried this little trick myself, but it doesn't work. Why? When
- the modem picks up to start dialing, I do get to hear a dial tone for
- about 1 second, after that, no sound anymore at all. Any suggestions
- would be appreciated.
-
- lucasb@dimensional.com
-