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Re: Sportster, WIN95 and ASUS P55TP4XE

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From: Gareth Blades
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 19:15
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On 23 Dec 1995 15:52:13 GMT, David C Cooper <dcooper@tcp.co.uk> wrote:

>      I have been sucessfully using a Sportster 14400 
>internal modem on a 486SX board with WIN95, using the Microsoft
>dial-up software with a script, to access the Internet.
>      I have now assembled a new system using an ASUS P55TP4XE 
>board, transferred my Sportster and net software to it, set up
>the dial-up software as before, and tried it. No good.
>      The terminal window comes up, but almost every time
>nothing further happens ( just twice the login, password and
>protocol inputs were read, but nothing further happened )
>      I also tried using Trumpet Winsock, this always got
>through the login etc. but then locked up.
>      Quicklink always works OK to dial in to various bulletin 
>boards, no problem.

My guess is that TCP had a few problems when you were trying to log in. I have
had a similar thing happen occasionaly. Things sort themselves out after a sort
time.

Have you tried it again since?

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From: gareth@blades.tcp.co.uk (Gareth Blades)
Newsgroups: tcp.support,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Sportster, WIN95 and ASUS P55TP4XE
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 19:15:36 GMT
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