On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:13:33 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Bernie wrote:
>> Sam wrote:
>> >If I have a properly configured working modem installed, the first thing I
>> >would do is to enter the following series of commands at the command line
>> >while running in real DOS mode, (Not a Windows DOS-box):
>> (snip)
>> >If
>> >nothing happens, then you have a winmodem. Winmodems are easily identified
>> >by their unresponsiveness to DOS commands.
>> Nope, the above test only works if the com-port is configured already -
>> otherwise it will not work. I have a USRobotics 33.6 modem and it sure
>> isn't a Win-Modem but the above test will not work (I know since this is
>> excatly what Linux tried to do when I asked it to connect to the ISP).
>> Something like:
>> mode com1 baud=19 parity=n data=8
> I have attached a zip containing comtool and a batch file you can use to
> test (and identify) your modem.
> Type modemtst for instruction. Operation is obvious I think.
> It may not like DOSKEY. I use PCED and I must turn it off for the test.
> [Attached file: MODEMTST.ZIP]
Nice program, Clarence. I tried it out and ran the test. Thanks for
sending it to us. Of course your test will not work either unless you have
your modem configured correctly and you know which comport it is set up for.
(BTW, I know you are very concerned about grammar and that one should "never
use a preposition to end a sentence with", to quote Sir Winston S.
Churchill. He furthermore added "Up with this I will not put.")
While your test will reveal much more information about your modem than the
one I suggested, my test will definitely work to determine whether you have
a winmodem. Of course it requires that your modem be properly configured
first, just like your test. An advantage of my test is that it requires no
program other than "command.com", and it requires also the DOS system files
of course. My test will work on any computer running DOS. No special
programs required. BTW, AFAIK, you can run any modem command from the
command line simply by using the echo command and directing the output to
your comport, as in the example "echo ata > comx", where "x" is the
comport number. I have tried this technique with many different modem
commands and it always works if the modem is properly configured and it
is a real modem.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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