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- From: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
- Subject: Re: Modem Problems with Windows 3.1
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.065021.8721@nntp.hut.fi>
- Sender: usenet@nntp.hut.fi (Usenet pseudouser id)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: vipunen.hut.fi
- Reply-To: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
- References: <92227.38009.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:50:21 GMT
- Lines: 20
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- In article <92227.38009.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- >
- >Upgrade the serial port? Even for an *internal* modem on COM3? I was under the
- >impression that the UART on the serial ports were only important to external
- >modems running from COM1 (or COM2 if there are 2 serial ports). When I
- >inquired about my upcoming upgrade to a 9600 or 14.4k *internal* modem, I was
- >told that an internal modem would use a 16550 on *its own card*. Is this the
- >case? Am I understanding this correctly? Am I misinterpreting something??
- >
- >I was under the impression that internal modems don't use the serial port...
-
- Yes they do. They have a built-in serial port on them.
- I originally had 2 serial ports, after getting an internal modem
- BIOS reports three. There are dip switches on the card for setting
- the port number, memory address and IRQ.
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