kish_44 wrote:
> I bought a US Robotics model 5610B controller-based PCI modem last
week (which is the 
> only controller-based internal modem they sell these days) that
supposedly works with 
> Linux.  But Microsoft must have been twisting some arms, as the fine
print (and I do mean 
> fine print) says that it will only connect via COM5.  Now why not COM4
or 3 or 2?  It goes 
> on to say that, if you have a "legacy" system such as Win95,
all you have to do is install a 
> little bit of software that will allow your COM4 port to virtually see
the COM5 port.  Of 
> course, that software only runs under Windows, essentialy blocking
access via OS/2.  
> Disgusting!!
> 
> So, for question '1', does someone, such as Ray Gwinn, have a way to
access hardware that 
> requires COM5?
> 
> Next question:  Has anyone had any experience with a Zoom modem Model
2920?  It looks 
> somewhat promising, although it appears to only work via COM2.  And
it's not in the list of 
> OS/2 compatible hardware.
> 
> Finally, the real question is simply, does anyone know what I am going
to have to do to get 
> an INTERNAL modem working on my eCS 1.25 system?  (Yes, I do
understand that I could 
> connect an external modem via my COM1 port.  But, that's my only COM
port on my K8T 
> motherboard, and I need it for something else more urgently.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tim
> Atlanta, Georgia, USA
> 
> 
> 
>
Another option may also be a USB modem, so you don't use up you valuable 
Serial COM1: port.

Ray Gwinn's SIO product does allow for the creation of virtual modem 
ports, which may or may not help your situation.

However, the way I read the text at:

http://www.usr.com/support/doc-popup-template.asp?url=faqs/analog/com5_5610.html

It sounds to me that the COM5: only problem is ONLY on Windows 95 & 98 - 
it states at the end that the modem can be installed on other COM ports 
in other operating systems.

Cheers/2

Ed.



 
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