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- From: aharris@mobile.gulf.net (Andy Harris)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART or ESP ??
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 15:15:24 GMT
- Organization: The Gulf Coast Internet Company
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- shappel@accessus.net (Scott Happel) wrote:
-
- >>jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) wrote:
- >>Do you have any more info on the ESP II? (source, pricing?) I've checked
- >>Ingram and others and can't find it. I can only find references to the
- >>single port version...
- >>Thanks,
- >>... Joe
-
- Joe,
-
- If you visit the Hayes web site (www.hayes.com) they have a sale going
- on for them right now; $49.00. For that price, they are definitely
- worth grabbing. I've used one for years without any problems.
-
- >Beware of the ESP using TCP/IP DUN in Windows 95. The ESP works fine as a 16550
- >UART (Windows 95 driver), but using the drivers Hayes put out for Windows 95
- >causes problems communicating with the stack every so often. The only solution
- >was to restart Windows. Even though the ESP port communicating with the modem,
- >the TCP/IP stack would lose 'connect' randomly, no overruns were detected. I
- >went back and forth 5 times with the same results everytime.
- >Scott
- >shappel@accessus.net
-
- Scott,
-
- Have you contacted Hayes about this? I've been using the ESP for aout
- 2 years now without any problems in communications. It could be
- pointing to a problem elsewhere that needs attention.
-
- Myself, it's been a very good addition to my communications needs, but
- I wish the Windows95 drivers gave you more control over the setup.
- The configuration part needs some work.....
-
- Enjoy!
-
-
- Andy Harris - aharris@mobile.gulf.net
- UTL - http://www.mobile.gulf.net/~aharris
-
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