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Cardinal 28.8 and Windows Problems

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From: Todd Cocks
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 06:37
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Today I went out and purchased a Cardinal 28.8 (MVP288I).  I was the
previous purchaser of a Cardinal 14.4 softmodem which required
softwared to be downloaded into it's chip on use.  I currently am
using Windows for Workgroups and will be converting to Windows 95 in
the near future.  Carefully I tried to remove all traces of the 14.4
software on my system and then I removed the old 14.4 and installed
the 28.8.  Everything seems fine, I can use my modem completely under
windows without any apparent problems.  No problems that is *except*
for this message when I try to boot Windows:

Ring 0 Systems: Virtual 16550 Driver Board was not found in your
computer!  Virtual 16550 & communication buffering in the DOS box will
not work.  It may cause lost bytes during the data transfer or any
other problems with communication software running under v86 DOS.

Could someone shine a light on what this means?  I thought that the
28.8 included a 16550 UART chip on board (at least the manual says it
does).  I really would like to tie this down fast because if the modem
is no good, I want to take it back asap..  Thanks for any help you can
give.

-Todd
tcocks@eagle.wbm.ca
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From: tcocks@eagle.wbm.ca (Todd Cocks)
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Subject: Cardinal 28.8 and Windows Problems
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 06:37:19 GMT
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