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- From: pdobrikin@jummpoint.com (Philip Dobrikin)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR 28.8 Sportster / Win 95 problem
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:44:36 GMT
- Organization: Internet Direct
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- jyee@cco.caltech.edu (Jimmy Yee) wrote:
-
- >I am having a problem with my new Pentium computer with
- >Windows 95, and USR Sportster (28.8 V.34 external w/o voice).
- >I haven't been able to get the modem to work with any
- >terminal program in Windows (tried Telix for Windows and
- >HyperTerm), even though it works fine with Telix for DOS.
-
- >Here are the symptoms on HyperTerm- even though it dials
- >correctly, and I can see carrier detection on the modem
- >LED, the software doesn't recognize the connection.
-
- >To troubleshoot, I setup HyperTerm for a direct link serial
- >connection- so that I could communicate directly with the
- >modem. (e.g, I typed "AT" commands directly). Now everything
- >works fine - I can dial with ATDT, and logon - *except for
- >one caveat*. If I mouse-click on another window on the
- >desktop to activate it, and then click back to HyperTerm,
- >the terminal hangs up. I find that the modem is still
- >responding to my commands (it can hang up and dial again)
- >but no characters are being received by the computer and
- >displayed on the terminal window.
-
- >What's going on?! My suspicion is that it is some software
- >problem - either Windows 95 or the serial port driver. Has
- >anybody else seen this problem? I've seen some postings
- >on this newsgroup about updated .INF files - what are
- >these for, where can I get them, and would they help?
-
- >Any help would be appreciated.
- >Thanks,
- >Jimmy Yee
-
-
- I know this is probably not the problem but it sounds like you might
- have your mouse & modem on the same irq interrupt. I believe serial
- ports 1 & 3, and 2 & 4 share IRQ's, if you have a bus mouse, make sure
- the mose & modem are not set up on ports that share the same IRQ.
- i.e.
- modem = serial port 1: mouse = serial port 3
- This will cause conflicts
- the mouse should be set up to run on port 4 or the modem should plug
- into port 2.
-
- The modem will work in DOS because the software does not use the
- mouse.
-
- Hope this helps, if it does e-mail me and help my ego.
- (pdobriki@direct.ca)
-
- Thanks
- Phil
-
-