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- From: silvia@rcf.rsmas.miami.edu
- Subject: Re: MoDemn Pproblms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.033654.7129@news.miami.edu>
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- References: <graham.725553920@eqsun5>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 03:36:54 GMT
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- In article <graham.725553920@eqsun5>, graham@Civil.Concordia.CA (Everard) writes:
- >I was really excited when I got my 9600 bps modem with MNP group 5 and
- >v.42bis and all of that...
- >
- >Months of trouble.
- >
- >I guess it's time to go buy two NS16550AN UART's and swap the chips on my
- >NEW serial card (com1 and com2)....I've optimized, read, fiddled, tried.
- >
- >But mostly crashed.
- >
- >When I was running 2400 bps, switching out a window didn't affect downloads
- >in the least - the files kept plugging away in the background. Those
- >halcyon days are now a dim memory.
- >
- >Oh, did I mention that I bought an external cuz I like to watch the lights?
- >
- >Had I bought a card I doubt I'd have had all these problems.
- >
- > graham@civil.concordia.ca
-
- You would still have these problems because most modems with old UART now for
- some reason i forget the name. But buying an internal would not have solved
- your problems.
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-