Charles Lincoln wrote:
> This is a Duo 2300 with an internal GV Powerport modem, mostly used in
> the dock with a GV Platinum 28.8 external modem, connected to the modem
> port. Apple Talk is configured to the printer port with a HP 5MP printer
> connected.
>
> I installed OS 8.6 and when setting up the Modem Control panel I only get
> the choices of Printer Port or Internal Modem. (With OS 8.1 I also have
> the choice of Modem Port, which is what is used.) In the AppleTalk
> setup, the modem port is recognized.
>
> Has anyone else been confronted with this constraint? If so, how did you
> get the modem port recognized in the Modem control panel? Or other
> workaround?
>
> (FWIW, I don't think I'll be using OS 8.6 much on the Duo - it is
> glacially slow compared to OS 8.1.)
>
> TIA,
> Charlie Lincoln
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Charlie:
I've had that problem for years! I still don't know a good solution, but now I
usually use DSL, on which I don't have that problem. When I need to use my external
modem, I usually reboot, zapping the pram. This somehow wrestles the modem port free
from whatever application was preempting it (wish I knew which!), and I can again use
my modem. It's a crumby workaround, but is the only one I know.
Yours truly,
Don Hook
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