Matt Mc_Carthy wrote in a message to Wayne Chirnside:

 WC>  I ran both of the enclosed executables in that Zipfile, one 
 WC> installs "USR Winmodem" in my dialer and the other DOS based EXE
 WC>  attempts to set the COM port address and IRQ.

 MMC> That DOS based EXE is for setting the modem in NVRAM when the
 MMC> jumpers are set to PNP.  It is often touch-and-go, as the software
 MMC> finds all IRQs in use and doesn't accept sharing an IRQ at all. 
 MMC> Much better to use the jumpers manually and keep the software in
 MMC> the desk drawer!   :-))

Agreed,  if I have a choice between PnP and not,  with being able to set
stuff up by jumpers in the latter case,  that's what I'm gonna do here. 
The only time I use PnP is when I don't have a choice.  And then I'll set
it once and leave it alone...

 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.

 MMC> This is normal for MSD when there is a conflict.  No software can
 MMC> weed out a conflict, only tell that there IS a conflict.

I seem to also recall that MSD will tell you that there's stuff on the
first three com ports when in actual fact you might have something like 1,
2, and 4 in there...

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