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- From: symons2@sscl.uwo.ca
- Subject: Re: Com4 modem noise
- Organization: Social Science Computing Laboratory
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:37:48 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.123748.1@sscl.uwo.ca>
- References: <1992Dec20.014714.20626@eagercon.com>
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- In article <1992Dec20.014714.20626@eagercon.com>, eager@eagercon.com (Michael J. Eager) writes:
- > I've got my Mouse Systems mouse on Com1 and I had a conflict with
- > the interrupts with the internal modem, which was on Com3. I was not
- > able to change the interrupt generated by the modem so I stuck in
- > a 2 x serial card, and connected Com4 to an external modem at 2400 bd.
- >
- > Under DOS this works fine. Com4 has IRQ3 and PCPLUS can use it with
- > no apparent difficulty.
- >
- > Under Windows 3.1, it doesn't work. Both PCPLUS and the Terminal ap
- > get a raft of noise from the modem when I attempt to use Com4. It is
- > rather random looking stuff, which does not resolve into anything
- > understandable at any baud rate.
- >
- > The XMT & RCV lights on the modem flash, making me think that for some
- > reason, Windows is sending something to Com4 which the modem is echoing.
- >
- > Does anyone have a clue?
- >
- >
- > ---
- > Michael J. Eager Michael.Eager@eagercon.com
- > Eager Consulting (415) 325-8077
- > 1960 Park Boulevard, Palo Alto, CA 94306-1141
- >
- if it is any consolation, i had a similar problem with my zoltrix internal
- modem. i ended up switching it to com2 and this seemed to clear things up.
- course, now i can't use com2 for anything else...
- larry symons
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