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- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a405
- From: Herbert_Fung@mindlink.bc.ca (Herbert Fung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Modem problem
- Message-ID: <14263@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 20:23:44 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Distribution: world
- Lines: 31
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- Previously Edward Geoffrey Winsto wrote:
-
- >Also, It seems that on my apple /gs, the modem port does not work
- >with proterm. This is an older version but it still has the option
- >for using the modem port. It was working once, but I did something
- >that messed up the computer and now it does't work. I can use the
- >modem with a super serial card, so I know the modem is fine. I have
- >bought a new cable for the modem and it still didn't work. The modem
- >is a hayes compatible 2400 baud. The thing that I noticed is that the
- >Terminal Ready light does not come on when I am using the modem port.
- >Any suggestions?
-
- Hmm.. I do remember this happening to me a while back when I was still
- using my ROM 01 GS. Basically my set-up at the time was a ROM 01 GS, a
- DataLink Express, and a Mac Classic. Since the DataLink Express has two
- inputs, a MiniDin-8 and a DB-25, I could have both computers plugged into
- the modem. I didn't run into a problem until one day I was downloading
- with my GS and I decided to turn on my Mac. Since then I've noticed a
- problem with my serial port on my GS similar to you problem, the TR light
- occasionally decides not to turn on, and ProTerm 2.1 had problems
- initializing it. I think I tried to use the printer port and went to the
- control panel and made the changes. However ProTerm didn't have a setting
- for using the modem on the printer port. (ProTerm 3.0 had the same
- probelem)
- So I set everything in the control panel back to normal, and guess what?
- The TR light went on strong. However this has proved only a temporary
- solution, after awhile the TR light would go off again. Now that I have a
- ROM 3 GS and don't worry about it anymore, I just make sure that both
- computers aren't on when the modem is on. As for my ROM 01, my sister uses
- it with a PCTransporter to run WordPerfect 5.1. Go figure.
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