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- Path: telepost.no!usenet
- From: lasse@ucom.no (Lasse E. Haugen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,de.comm.modem
- Subject: Re: _______ win95 dial-tone problem _______
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 19:32:54 GMT
- Organization: Ucom AS
- Message-ID: <4cp72j$pkd@nms.telepost.no>
- References: <Pine.OSF.3.91l.960107100054.19912C-100000@saul6.u.washington.edu>
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- David Andrade <ez007315@u.washington.edu> wrote:
-
-
- >This is a very strange problem. A machine with the following specs was
- >built:
-
- >P-120 cpu w/ cooler
- >Intel Zappa mainboard
- >16MB EDO RAM
- >* 1.2 Gig Western Digital EIDE harddrive * +40
- >1.44mb Teac floppy
- >4x Toshiba CDROM
- >28.8 kbps Rockwell chipset internal fax/modem
- >Diamond Stealth 64bit DRAM 1mb
- >Midtower
- >KFC 15" SVGA .28dp ni monitor
- >Golden SB16 card
- >101 keyboard
- >* mouse * +10
- >Windows95 +90
-
- >The modem cannot initialize a dialtone from my home phone (i tried 2
- >separate lines)
- >But, at the computer vendors store the dial up modem connection works fine!
-
-
- >We have replaced the modem 4 times - this is very wierd -- perhaps it has
- >something to do with dial tone?
-
- >why would it work on one phone connection but not another?
-
- >Does anyone have a clue to what is going on?
-
- >email back to <ez007315@u.washington.edu> or <sanetech@well.com>
-
- >David
-
- Hi,
- maybe you have a dialtone outside detection specification for your
- modem. Try to remote "wait for dialtone before dial" or you can add X3
- to extra init string in your modemsetup.
-
- Lasse
-
-