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- From: jjerrim@comminfo.com (John Jerrim)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Peter: Forced 16550 on Modem, killed it!!
- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 13:56:27 GMT
- Organization: CTS, Inc.
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- reference desk <drb@connect.ab.ca> wrote:
-
- :Any advice?
- : Saw in a: book from library
- : : one of my books
- : : on the net
- :
- : directions to force modem to use 16550AF UART.
- : followed directions but didn't reboot (was late and should have been
- :sleeping), no change in response of course
- : left town for two weeks and modem wouldn't work(barely), timed out and
- :tranfer speed were probably around 200bps if it would work at all.
- :
- : using MSD before this showed "8250" under COM2 'UART used'.
- : now "16550AF".
- :
- : Directions were either: a MODE com from DOS
- : : a modem command from terminal program
- : : a debug script !!!
- : Can't remember for nothing.
- :
- :How do I reset it to '8250'?
-
- You can't change the UART type from software, so I suspect that
- something else is causing the problem. Try reviewing our "Diagnosing
- Com Port Problems" paper at http://comminfo.com and see if that helps
- you work through the problem.
- John Jerrim
- Computer Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
- Diagnostic & Installation Products for Modems & Serial Ports
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