Howdy Ib:

IJ> I recall these modems that came out a few years ago, not sure if they are
IJ> stillbeing made.. but they pushed some of the processing off to the main CP
IJ> ansd as a result U needed to run it in windows only... I guess a good test 
IJ> see if it's somethings as simple as that is to get a few other dos programs
IJ> to see if the modem works fine... is there a BBS involved... try to get it 
IJ> answer the modem alone and see what happends from there....
IJ> 
IJ> There's  just an idea...

KB> I don't know for sure.  It is a Modem Blaster v.92 external seriel
KB> modem made by Creative Labs.

     Interesting thought.  Might be a part of the problem but I learned more 
today, by accident.  I have this P-500 hooked up to the same phone line that 
my old BBS runs on.  I am always sure to shut off the ol' 486 when I am 
working on the P-500 but this morning I left the P-500 running when the BBS 
was working.  The P-500 was just sitting there with no programs running and 
not online.  A user called in and the ol' 486 worked well as usual but the 
P-500 locked up.  I tested it just to make sure it was not co-incidental and 
it failed consistently!  Therefore the problem must be in Windows setup.  It 
would be easy for me to figure out with DOS or any Windows program up to and 
including Windows 98 but I can't find a way to see what IRQ and address string
the modem is running on. :-(  I ran "msinfo32" and it gave me loads of 
information but not what I am looking for.

Regards,

Ken

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