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  1. Article: 12825 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  2. Path: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!fdc
  3. From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Dial Failure: Error initializing modem
  6. Date: 29 Sep 2001 15:50:37 GMT
  7. Organization: Columbia University
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  16.  
  17. In article <9p30bt01al3@enews3.newsguy.com>,
  18. Grinder <grinder@no.spam.maam.com> wrote:
  19. : For a Windows 98 machine running K95, I'm getting "Dial Failure:
  20. : Error initializing modem" when a dial command is being issued.
  21. : 
  22. : The configuration, as I understand it, is correct, and it's
  23. : apparently finding the modem, though the dial immediately fails.
  24. : Using HyperTerminal, a connection can be made using that same
  25. : modem.
  26. : 
  27. Windows has two ways of accessing modems.  Sometimes one works,
  28. sometimes the other.  If you were using:
  29.  
  30.   set modem type usrobotics  (or other specific type)
  31.   set port com1              (or com2, etc)
  32.  
  33. try using:
  34.  
  35.   set tapi line
  36.  
  37. Or vice versa.  If that doesn't help then, as Jeff said, please send
  38. details to kermit-support@columbia.edu.
  39.  
  40. Also note that the current version of Kermit 95 is 1.1.20, so if yours
  41. is earlier, please patch up to the current level:
  42.  
  43.   http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95patch.html
  44.  
  45. - Frank
  46.