"J. J. Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Has anyone tried a parallel port modem? -- or even seen one?
Yes. I have used a Xircon parallel port 14.4 pocket modem on my
386sx16 laptop. It came with software (port redirector) for DOS
and Win3.x only. The software is compatible with QEMM, but not
himem.sys or emm386.
I was able to run DOS PPP applications, including early versions
of Arachne, using the Merit packet driver (etherppp), but I could
not get dospppd or Klos to work.
The unit (about the size of a mouse) is a modem/NIC combo, but I
didn't try the NIC. I still have it stashed away (along with the
laptop), but haven't played with it for some time. I was planning
to reinstall Minix, and I know that any software modem is useless.
Unfortunately, there are 8250 UARTs on the laptop, which would
likely be a problem for a real modem (>9600?).
Howard E.
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DOS TCP/IP * <URL:http://www.ncf.ca/~ag221/dosppp.html>
