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- From: Dave English <DavidE@turnpike.com>
- Newsgroups: demon.tech.modems,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Another Askey modem (IBM MWAVE this time)
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 15:23:00 +0100
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- In article <829308377snz@dsl.co.uk>, Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
- <bhk@dsl.co.uk> writes
- >Readers of these newsgroups may recall that I hit a snag about three
- >weeks ago with a "controllerless" modem, manufactured by the Askey Corp
- >of Taiwan, and unusable under anything other than Windoze.
- >
- >Well the suppliers, having been unable to get supplies of their external
- >BABT-approved V.34 modem, have now sent me another internal modem. This
- >time it's a 16-bit card, and as well as providing voice/fax/modem
- >facilities, also incorporates a Soundblaster emulation and secondary IDE
- >for a CD-ROM, as well as a games port. Talk about ASAD-WBAWT!
- >
- >Anyway, it's been supplied with a CD-ROM of software made by IBM: not
- >having a CD-ROM player at home, I haven't yet found whether this includes
- >OS/2 drivers (which is what I really want). The CD is identified as
- >96-G412151 Rev.1 AHE and copyright 1992. The instruction manual for the
- >modem (the publication number ASK9511A suggests to me that it too is a
- >product of the Askey Corporation) describes installation under both DOS
- >and Windows (but not OS/2) and refers to installation diskettes (which
- >aren't here, but hopefully covered on the CD).
- >
- >Also supplied are three diskettes from Trio Information Systems,
- >providing the fax support for Windoze. There's no mention therein of use
- >under OS/2, but I see that Trio have a support address in Sweden so I'm
- >e-mailing them a copy of this posting as well.
- >
- >Could anyone who has information on this modem (which is identified on
- >the box as a "Sound Card + Fax Modem S1428VH", and on the card itself as
- >"P/N:85803109 S1428VH-M UK") please either post or e-mail me. I'm
- >especially interested in OS/2 drivers and support, but any and all
- >information, and especially tales of woe, would be appreciated.
- >
-
- I had a quick look around www.altavista.digital.com and www.dejanew.com
-
- The only specific reference to an Dynalink Datasound S1428VH-M I can
- find is a chap in Holland who is having problems with it, he was posting
- in comp.software.testing . It seems as if it is on sale in Holland
- because others are asking about it in nl.comp . How is your Dutch :-^)
-
- See:
-
- http://watson.mbb.sfu.ca/software/software.html#dynalink
- http://watson.mbb.sfu.ca/hardware/dsp2000.telsndhw.html
-
- I believe M-Wave is very good, but software setup can be a problem and
- being the first person on the block with one may not be a good thing :-)
- Modems with upgradeable software are usually far more expensive than
- what you have probably paid for yours, M-Wave has already upgraded from
- V.32bis to V.34, voice call discrimination and DSVD. I would expect
- V.34+ to be available once it has been ratified.
-
- There are OS/2 drivers available for other M-Wave modems and there is
- some talk of being able to run software from one modem on another. Look
- to watson.mbb.sfu.ca for all your MWave requirements!
-
- Let us know how you get on
-
- Regards
- --
- Dave English, T U R N P I K E Ltd
- Dorking Business Park, DORKING, Surrey, UK. RH4 1HN
- My other computer's a brain
-