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- From: Bongoman@wchat.on.ca
- Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster VI vs Tyan Titan III
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 09:44:59 GMT
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- On 6 Feb 1996 17:04:36 GMT, hbarta@thymaster.interaccess.com (Henry
- Barta) wrote:
-
- >
- > Has anyone else tried using a USR Sportster VI 33600 on a Tyan
- > Titan III motherboard??? (Internal version of the modem)
- >
- > I've tried two. They both lock up, requiring a reboot to clear,
- > when I try file transfers under OS/2 or Win95. (Setup using
- > hardware handshake and UART buffering is enabled.)
- >
- > Under Hyperterm/Win95 and direct connect to COM1, I also
- > experience horrible droppage of characters. 'ATI6' drops
- > characters at 19.2!! (Not a problem under the OS/2 version of
- > hyperterm at speeds up to 57.6)
- >
- > Other info:
- >
- > Yes, I have COM1 disabled in the AWARD bios.
- >
- > Had to configure as Plug and Pr^Hlay for Win95, otherwise it
- > doesn't see modem and I could see no way to force it to recognize
- > COM1.
- >
- > I have installed both modems as PnP under Win95 using the latest
- > mdmusrvi.inf in \Windows\inf and the first modem was identified
- > as Sportster 33600 VI while the second came up as Sportster
- > 28000 VI.
- >
- > Using PnP, have to 'force' load the OS/2 COM.SYS driver by
- > explicitly specifying the hardware address '(1,3F8,4)' or the
- > driver does not load. (OS/2 Sysinfo reports a 2K send buffer
- > and 5K receive Buffer for this modem!)
- >
- > The modem ships as a USR Sportster VI 28.8, but the 10/13/95
- > Supervisor ROM ID's it as a 33600. (And no, the box label does
- > not say V.34+)
- >
- > I suspect a motherboard incompatibility, since I can't believe
- > that USR would ship a product with such obvious problems.
- >
- > Any other experiences or help greatly appreciated.
- >
- >--
- >Hank Barta White Oak Software Inc.
- >hbarta@interaccess.com Predictable Systems by Design.
- > Beautiful Sunny Winfield, Illinois
- It is not your motherboard, Iam having the same problem. I have tried
- the damn thing in four diffirent computers!!!
- I will not recommend sportster Vi. to anyone!!
- When I reinstalled my sportster v.34 without voice all the problem
- went away.
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