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Article #1127Re: Modem Problems with Windows 3.1
From: Tapio Sand
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:50
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 06:50
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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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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!fuug!funic!nntp.hut.fi!vipunen.hut.fi!tsand 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