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@Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:28:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: modems
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I looked at a couple sites to get an idea what's  out
there. One cannot go to any brick and mortar computer
stores and find anyone that can even know what OS/2
is. The key to finding a modem card that will work in
your computer is a: it's not going to be under $30
new, and b: it will say it works with windows NT.

US robotics has a V92 Performance Pro PCI modem that
supports Linux and NT4, probably your best bet.
Creative labs has Modem Blaster V.92 PCI that says
supports NT4 at V.90. Zoom has models 2920 pc, 2925
pc, 2822 pc, and 2818 pc that all work with NT.

Creative labs also shows a modem blaster serial that
is likely to work, I think you would prefer the
internal pci card.

A good place to look for deals on these is
www.pricewatch.com. Also if you know what you are
looking for, you may find one at a computer store.
Next time your in one, say you have windows NT4 and
would like a modem card that works with it. Makes sure
it's listed on the box.

As for installing it, after you put it in the slot,
close the box and hook up the phone line, boot os2 and
press alt-F1 when the white bar shows up in the upper
left hand corner. Select boot with hardware detection
and let it boot. You then need to find out what
address and IRQ is assigned to the modem so you can
modify the com driver line in your config.sys file.
Sometimes you can also catch this info at the
beginning of the bootup when the bios displays the PCI
addresses just before os2 starts. It's really quite
easy and I or someone here can help you through it
when you find a modem.

Franklin




--- Debbi  Zorn  wrote:
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> My  husband  ( who  recently  passed  away )
> used  Os2 ( and  believed  it  was  the  best )
> and  I  have  been  trying  to  understand  the
> operating  system  and  a  few  days  ago  his
> internal  modem  stopped  working .  I  was  
> able  to  take  it  free  from  the  tower  and
> took  it  to  stores  around  here  and  could
> find  none  that  said  they  were  compatible .
> I  was  sold  an  external  one (Creative  Blaster
> V.92 ) and  Os2  would  not  recognize  it .
> So , I  was  hoping  someone  could  tell  me
> what  kind  would  work  and  where  to  purchase
> one .  I  really  want  to  keep  his  computer
> up  and  running  if  I  can .
> As  you  can  see  I  have ( Windows . Windoz !) 
> as  my  husband  referred  to  it  because  I  have
> projects  that  I  needed  Graphics  and  Pictures
> to  work  with  and  nothing  was  available  in
> Os2 .
> Any  help  would  be  appreciated 
> thank  you
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