From: Alban Kellerbauer (Alban.Kellerbauer_at_cern.ch)
Date: Thu Feb 15 2001 - 10:20:07 EST
Ronald, two things:
1) US (RJ11) analog telephone plugs all have 6 connectors, out of which 2,
4, or 6 are used. The central ones are the actual (main) phone line. I
think your modem's connector should fit into your phone outlets.
2) You don't mention your operating system. Under modern operating
systems, you can choose the COM port that a given physical port uses. I
once assigned COM 20 to my modem to check something (Win2000).
Alban
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Ronald Hands wrote:
> I've just purchased a 760XL, which came with a 33k card modem. Haven't
> used the modem yet because the phone cable has a 6 connector plug and the
> jacks in my house are 4-connector.
> But I notice that the modem says it's on Com 5. I wasn't even aware that
> computers *had* a Com 5. (I know my desktop machines don't!)
> Is anyone else using a PCMCIA modem that could confirm Com 5 is correct?
>
> -- Ron
> Hamilton, ON
>
>
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