And then there's that "really difficult" way of finding it in Arachne.
1) press "D"
2) link to "PPP setup"
3) scroll 1/2 way down the left side of the page
How can anyone find it when Michael has "hidden" it so deeply???<vbg>
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 00:05:50 -0600, Jack Cotter wrote:
> The modem initialization string that Win95 is using can be found in the
> Registry typing in regedit on the "Run" line. Then open
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Current Control
> Set\Services\Class\Modem\000x\Init where x=0,1,2 etc. depending on how
> many modems have been set up on the machine. Be careful when you are in
> regedit. You can disable the OS easily.
> Another way to get the data on the modem is to click the modems icon in
> control panel, Select the Diagnostics Tab, Highlight the Com Port shown
> for the modem and then click the radio button More Info.... In a few
> seconds you will get a complete listing of the resources for the modem
> and the results of a series of quires that Win95 transmits to the modem.
> With a 56k modem I'm pretty sure it will identify itself.
> Jack
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 11:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Modem Nodem!
>> Mel Evans, Registered Arachne User wrote:
>> > New (second hand, new to me!) 'puter today! 233, big Hard Drive 2.1G
>> > lots of room for software, fast on the html and so on..
>> Congrats!
>> > It's got a Rockwell internal modem of some kind. Arachne detects it
> on
>> > com1, IRQ4 and inputs info into ppp dialler ok. When asked to dial,
>> > Arachne says it can't initialize the modem. Any ideas anyone?
>> Sounds like you dont have the correct initilization string.
>> I guess that the platform you have on it now is Windows 9x?
>> (I dont know what else can cause a modem to appear on a COM without
>> it being actually there.).
>> Here's how to extract the data from Windows:
>> Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager
>> -> Modem
>> You should either see "General Modem" or the brandname of your modem.
>> double-click it. Choose the "modem" tab. You should see the (real?)
>> port of the modem in there. Now, for the IRQ:
>> Go back to the Device Manager menu. On the top of the device list,
>> there should be the option "Computer". Double-click it. You will
>> receive a list of "resources" and where they are being used at.
>> Choose "Interrupt Request (IRQ)" (it should be chosen as default).
>> There, look for the IRQ that is used with the COM that your modem
>> is using.
>> Thats it!
>> If its the same settings, or if its diffrant settings but Arachne
>> still doesnt work even after using these settings, then there are
>> 3 options: 1)Did you tried to use it without Windows on the
> background?
>> Try if you didnt. 2)WinModems should work on DOS if Windows is running
>> in the background. If you still cant get it to work from a DOS box,
>> its another problem. (or its a really low-quality winmodem.)
>> 3)You dont have the right initilization string. :)
>> Either try to get it from the book, or maybe that dialer that IE
>> is using got it somewhere... (though I heard that IE is so user
>> friendly, that it doesnt let you do any _real_ setup. like init
>> strings. <sigh>)
>> Or Botton
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> - "Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense."
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