Hello, Wayne.
Not quite sure why we're talking about this here vs. in emails, but your
choice - -

 WC> The USR 460 modem really does appear to be a Winmodem, the file

You must have some error(s) at your end, Wayne.  I say again that the
USR Sportster Internal Model 460 is _not_ a WinModem.  AFAIK, no
winmodem has jumpers on there for setting COMport and IRQ.  I know that
Paul Williams and Jean Parrot have Model 460 modems, so maybe if they
come forward you may believe them, since you don't seem to believe what
I've said.

 WC> the file to install the driver identifies it so as does any number
 WC> of hits on Google.

Another 'negative' from here.  The file named MDM3COM.INF which I
emailed you has several choices of Win95 drivers in there. None of them
has anything to do with any doggone "Winmodem".  The proper choice there
is - - "U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT"

"Negative" on what you think you got for Google hits.  Model 460 is
simply not a Winmodem.

 WC> At the price I'm still happy though it seems
 WC> one must send USR a non-trivial sum to upgrade it to higher speed.

We seem to have some kind of a communications problem between me
and thee, Wayne.  I bought it for a 56K-X2, and it is still under
warranty from my Ebay seller.  I also emailed to you a program to
Re-Flash it from 56K X2 to 56K V.90.  No money needs to go to USR for
this, so I'm clueless as to why you're veering off on that tangent.

But our deal was "satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back", so
unless I hear from you sometime fairly soon that you've had success in
getting this Model 460 reflashed to V.90 and so recognized, I'll just
send you a refund and a box or padded envelope with prepaid stamps, and
you can just send the pooch back to me.

 WC> MSD doesn't see the modem in Win 3.1 nor does sysinfo in Norton
 WC> but the dialer indicates the IRQ conflict with the LPT port when
 WC> I attempt to dial so it's being seen there.

So what are the jumpers set to, and what have you flashed it to?
Aha, I see below that you don't know what it is jumpered to.
The "drivers" I sent are for Win9x. Your Mileage in Win3.1 may vary, and
I guess it does.  The README file indicates that the Windows version of
the flasher software I sent will work under Win3.x, but I think that
won't fix much if the jumpers aren't correctly set to match.


 WC> I'm going to see about locating a JPG of the 460 modem so I can find
 WC> the jumper to enable the IRQ and port setting program to take
 WC> so I can set it to what I want which is COM3 IRQ 4 instead of the
 WC> current IRQ 5.

Will putting the modem on IRQ 4 not interfere with whatever you may have
on COM1?   Since by email you indicate you want 3 COM ports and 2 LPT
ports on the 486 machine, I'm wondering what your plan is to use for an
IRQ if you try to put one of those "freebie" Ethernet cards in there in
order to network the 486 to one of your other machines.

Repeating - - on Model 460 I've seen, jumper settings for COM and
IRQ are stencillled in white on back of the card.  Maybe they aren't
there on the one you got?  If there and you can't read them, try a mag
glass or some reading glasses. (serious, not just poking fun).

I'm expecting another Model 460 to arrive here from that same Ebay
seller tomorrow afternoon.  Maybe I'll have time to look at it and do
some testing by TUE or so.  I'll let you know.

- - -  JimH.

... Bother! said Pooh, as Winders didn't recognize his hardware.
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