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- From: pmastro@dawsoncollege.qc.ca (Phil Mastronardi)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: I need help with my new 16550 UARTS.
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 23:41:09 GMT
- Organization: RΘseau Interordinateurs Scientifique QuΘbΘcois (RISQ)
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- dtsmith@mindspring.com (Dale Smith) wrote:
-
-
- >Are the modem/serial card true plug-n-play?
- no
- > Are they brand name?
- US ROBOTICS sportster 14,400 external
- > The next question is whether you can live without the FIFO buffer.
- I not sure. I non't know much about fifo to answer that. But I'm
- sure I would be a plus if I had it.
-
- >What connect speeds/download times are you getting thru your ISP?
- 14,440
-
- > I hope you have a hardware handshaking cable. You might also want to check the serial card because there is a
- >chance it is bad or not working properly.
- the cable is a db9 (for serial card) + db25 (for modem). How can I
- check if the cable is a hardware handshaking cable?
-
-
- >> Could it be my BIOS? Do I need a new com driver?
- >I doubt this is the problem, but it's worth seeing if your Win95
- >installation is good.
- The installation is fine to me.
-
- > Can you type AT commands to the modem when USE FIFO is checked? If not, I would suspect the serial card.
- I will test it tonight......I'm at work now
-
- Do you know of any programs that I can use to test my
- hardware...modem, uarts + cable?
-
-
- Phil
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