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Short: PCMCIA modem driver. V0.17. PD w/ src.
Author: pontus@tactel.se (Pontus Fuchs), caffer@cs.ucc.ie (Neil Cafferkey)
Uploader: caffer@cs.ucc.ie (Neil Cafferkey)
Version: 0.17
Type: hard/drivr
Requires: Compatible PCMCIA modem
pcmser.device - An Amiga PCMCIA Modem Driver by Pontus Fuchs
and Neil Cafferkey
Distribution Conditions
-----------------------
You may use pcmser.device and the source in ANY way you like.
Disclaimer
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This package is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The authors
assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any damage or loss of
data caused by using this package.
Introduction
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pcmser.device is a PCMCIA-modem driver for the A1200 and A600.
In order to work with pcmser.device, a modem must be:
- 16-bit rather than 32-bit/CardBus.
- A hardware modem rather than a "WinModem".
Most modems that meet these requirements should work fine, but unfortunately
they are becoming increasingly uncommon. You should look for modems that
work with both MS-DOS and Linux, but even this doesn't guarantee anything.
Compatibility
-------------
Modems reported to be compatible:
Megahertz 14400bps Faxmodem, Model #CC1144-49
Intelligent 56k Fax Modem
Motorola CELLect 14.4 PCMCIA Modem
PSION DACOM 56K+FAX Gold Card
Dynalink 1456CS
Modems reported to be incompatible:
Nokia GSM-card (I just get a lot of strange ints all the time)
USR 16.8DS (Seems to be incompatible with the A1200's PCMCIA port)
Dynalink 1456VQC-T5
3Com Megahertz 3CCEM556 B
Features
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7-8 databits
1-2 stopbits
110-115200 BAUD
CTS/RTS handshaking
EOF-mode supported
Not implemented:
CMD_BREAK
xON/xOFF handshake
Installation
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Just copy pcmser.device to DEVS: and make sure that you don't have a program
called "remcard" installed.
You can help me!
----------------
Please mail me if you find bugs or find a modem which doesn't work. If the
modem doesn't work test it with prepcard or "modemtest" which can be found
on Aminet.
History
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v0.5 97-08-05 First aminet release.
v0.6 97-08-24 Second aminet release.
The SDCMD_QUERY-code was broken so CD and DSR didn't work.
Added a little delay in OpenDevice() so that the modem
can start up and activate its DSR.
My IObase testingcode was broken so modems which has
it's first configuration at $2f8 didn't work.
Removed quickIO for CMD_READ. Either my code was broken
or some programs can't handle quickIO for CMD_READ
(ie NComm and Trapdoor). Anyway I'm to lazy to find out :)
v0.7 99-11-26 Third Aminet release (first release by Neil Cafferkey).
Changed code to allow modems with missing parameters to
work.
v0.9 00-02-08 Fourth Aminet release.
Does a soft reset of the modem during device initialisation.
Now returns IO_ERROR from OpenDevice().
Deallocates resources if device initialisation fails.
v0.11 00-02-20 Fifth Aminet release.
Doesn't soft reset the modem during device initialisation
anymore.
v0.15 00-09-15 Sixth Aminet release.
Cards can now have up to 64kb of I/O address space.
v0.17 02-09-02 Seventh Aminet release.
Now checks that UART has space for a byte before sending it.
Updated advice about what modems might work.
Thanks
------
Thanks to Pontus Fuchs for writing this driver and for letting me release
my changes in a new version, and to the people who sent me bug reports.
Current Maintainer
------------------
Neil Cafferkey
email: caffer@cs.ucc.ie
Original Author
---------------
Pontus Fuchs
email: pontus@tactel.se
Thanks to (from Pontus Fuchs)
-----------------------------
Johannes Carlsson for lending me 2 modems.
Olov Lindberg for lending me a modem.
Henric Andersson for helping me with debugging.
Bruce Abbot (maker of cnet.device) for inspiring me
to write this device.
Mikael Niczko for BUYING me a modem. Thanks a LOT dude!
Glenn Björckén for lending me a modem.
All of you who has tested different modems and mailed me!