Re: Serial port & Modems (External)

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From: Sean Chou (ychou)
Date: Fri Jul 01 1994 - 21:01:40 EDT


> Which begs the question, oh you PCMCIA gurus: Do you ever have
> any trouble using your 14.4K PCMCIA modems under windows? Is the "serial"

That depends on the PCMCIA modem. All the bigger names that are
relatively new seem to have them. I would particularly point to
the MegaHertz XJ2114. Many of us got the AT&T Keep-In-Touch
modem since, at the time, it was one of the few that had a 16550
UART. I've heard from MHz XJ114 users though that performance
wasn't bad despite the lack of a 16550 UART.

> do you think PCMCIA would still work fine with a 28.8K modem?

Sure. They better...

> Now maybe one can do 14.4K on an external serial under DOS, but I
> prefer Windows (or as Sean suggested--use OS/2! Damn you Sean--you got me
> there!).

May as well try Turbocomm and that one other package (I forget the
name). And let us know how it works!

Oh yeah, about OS/2...yup!


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