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- From: ppasteur@nexus.interealm.com (Phil Pasteur)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster 28,800 and Faxing
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 02:39:13 GMT
- Organization: privateI, LLC
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- parsont@peak.org (Tyler Parsons) wrote:
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-
- >I am having exactly the same problem!
- >
- >I have a Panasonic fax machine in my office so I tried faxing to the computer. No response. The
- >computer would answer the phone, then nothing. Usually, I get a tone at the fax machine, over
- >the phone line, which tells the fax machine it can send, then I push the green send button and
- >it sends. No tones from the USR, so couldn't send.
-
- This is what I see as well!
- >
- >Called USR and spent 30 minutes waiting. When I finally got through, they asked what com port.
- >"COM3?, then disable COM1 on your motherboard." After trying to figure that one out, I finally
- >put the modem on COM1 (I really need the other comport though). So, again nothing.
-
- They told me there was a NEW firmware chip dated March '96 that would fix this.
- They are sending me one ( someday)!
-
- The guy I talked to must have had this info on his computer in some kind of tech
- bulletin. As soon as I described the problem and told him the firmware rev that
- I have he said "you need a new chip"
-
- We will see!
- >
-
- Philip R. Pasteur
- ppasteur@nexus.interealm.com
-