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- From: "Albert P. Belle Isle" <belleisl@cerberus-sys.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Microcom Parallel Port Modems - Any good?
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 11:45:30 -0500
- Organization: Cerberus Systems, Inc.
- Message-ID: <3131E3AA.104@cerberus-sys.com>
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- Jomo wrote:
- >
- > Albert P. Belle Isle wrote:
- > >
- > > James wrote:
- > > > Anyone have any experiences with parallel port modems? Specifically, I
- > > > > am considering the purchase of a Microcom parallel port modem because ALL
- > > > > of my internal slots are filled - ...snip...
- >
- > > I have a Microcom Deskport 28.8P which I use through the parallel port of an
- > > old (8250 UART) lap-top. The included software driver was relatively easy to
- > > install and use, and successfully emulates a 300,000 bps serial port....snip...
- >
- > > Regards,
- > >
- > > Al
- >
- > Al,
- >
- > Thanks for the info. Do you know if the Microcom Deskporte will work properly under Win NT?
- > I've heard horror stories of folks trying to use multimedia and comm software/hardware under NT.
- > I'm about to upgrade my sytem to NT/Win 95 dual boot. Specificlly, I'm concerned with the
- > parallel port driver. I hear that NT gets irritated when you try to access hardware directly.
- > My hope is that Microcom's driver can deal with this.
- >
- > Jomo (James is too formal)Jomo:
-
- The accompanying documentation doesn't explicitly mention NT, and I've
- only used it with Win3.1, Win3.11 (same serial comm architecture) and
- WFW3.11 (which does use the serial.386 VxD to talk to the hardware, and
- the VCOMM.386 VxD to virtualize com ports for each Virtual Machine, like
- Win95, even though all Win apps are in one VM).
-
- Obviously kernal-mode drivers in NT are a very different thing from the
- VxDs in WFW and Win95. However, in addition to the Windows-compatible
- LPT-driver, which is an installable (ring3) driver-dll, not a comm.drv
- replacement, there's a DOS TSR which, I suppose, could be loaded
- underneath.
-
- Sorry to not be more helpful.
-
- Regards,
-
- Al
-
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