Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 19:08:57 -0000
From: "George Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: COM Port settings/PCMCIA Modem
...I now gather that COM2 is a <virtual port>.... I suppose that answers my question!
GW
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From: George Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 23 February 2001 14:59
Subject: COM Port settings/PCMCIA Modem
>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:58:38 -0000
>From: "George Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: COM Port settings/PCMCIA Modem
>
>This may be stupid series of questions....
>
>My set-up: Lib100CT, Win95B,64MB - Psion Gold Global 56k modem(recently acquired)
>
>Having acquired a 56k modem for first time (previous was a Psion V34 card) I have
>been trying to set up my system to get best possible speed out of it... weird thing
>firstly: when connected, if I hover the pointer over the connection icon in task bar
>it always reads: <......bytes sent at 44000bps> yet a colleague's desktop p.c. that
>also has a 56k modem shows <.....bytes sent at 52000bps> - he has Win98 on his system
>- is this just a quirk of Windows?
>Oddly, when I go to the bandwidth test page at MSN I never get any higher that 4.4k
>so why do I appear to be limited? (My colleague's desktop system seems to show speeds
>over 5.0 when the same bandwidth test is used).
>
>Secondly... under the device manager/com ports - I cannot seem to see COM2 - it shows
>COM1. My card shows under device manager/modems and seems to indicate COM2 within its
>properties - should COM2 also show within the general COM section of the list? (I
>want to be able to adjust settings in COM2)
>
>GW
>
>
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