On 12/12/96, Lawrence Garvin wrote:

LG> Doug, internal modems have the UART on board and most respectable modems
LG> 14.4k and above shipped with a 16550 on board.

Yes -- my apologies, Lawrence - this msg. was intended for our loca Sysops
echo, which is 1 conf. away in my congfigs.  However, the answers I got here
were good (thanks, eveyone!).  I won't make a habit of such posts, and
apologize.

LG> Her computer may not have a UART if the motherboard does not have any
LG> onboard com ports.

...as it apparently doesn't.

LG> As for the 'garbage', that's typical of noise on the lines that wasn't
LG> trapped by the error-correcting in the modem. Generally this is either (1)
LG> the error rate has increased beyond what the EC can keep up with, or (2)
LG> the EC has been inadvertently turned off.

Cause 1) was the case, and has been fixed.  Thanks again!



Best regards,
Doug

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