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- From: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
- Subject: Re: Modem Problems with Windows 3.1
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.122349.19139@nntp.hut.fi>
- Sender: usenet@nntp.hut.fi (Usenet pseudouser id)
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- Reply-To: tsand@vipunen.hut.fi (Tapio Sand)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
- References: <q2aDPB1w164w@buscard.fidonet.org> <1992Aug14.151938.10653@nntp.hut.fi> <1992Aug18.205041.23284@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 12:23:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.205041.23284@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
-
- >>only. With windows running, there is so much activity going on that
- >>the CPU can't serve the serial port fast enough. This of course
- >>results in losing incoming charaters.
- >
- >This is NOT his problem. In addition, the UART on the internal modem
- >probably isn't changeable anyway. His problem is with an IRQ
- >collision between COM1 and the modem at COM3.
-
- Frankly, I doubt this. This would mess up the modem during DOS
- sessions also. The trouble was with Windows only.
-
- >
- >This doesn't do anything for you unless you are running a 9600 baud or
- >faster modem and a multitasking OS.
- >
-
- Sigh. I wrote "Windows user with a fast (>2400) modem".
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