The EU rom is really really different. Rex doesnt work with that rom. Previous owner valued rex more than modem. Steve
On Friday, February 4, 2022, Cedric Amand <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Steve, Hello everyone > > Thanks again really for taking the time... We all have lives and I really > appreciate. > I did some more research (isn't that what we all like in this hobby) and > here is what I came up with. > > - I have for sure a Belgian, European, Model 102. no doubt about it. > - My little homemade PABX (phone exchange) is flawless, it works with > other modems of the era or plain analog phones. > - With a "US" BIOS (not sure which) and the REX#, the modem part is > completely broken. This is especially obvious if you hit F4 in TELCOM, the > M102 start to make awful noise (without cable, just on it's own!) and the > program seems crashed (needs reset/reboot). > > From there I tried; > > - Removing the REX# (which I wouldn't have done without everyone's support > here) ; problem is the same > - Interestingly, "TERM" (F4) in TELCOM also still crashes ! > > Then obviously, what I tried; > > - The seller did gave me my original BIOS, just marked "EU" (if I can give > you a version i'd gladly do it, I can also dump it if that's of any use the > the community) > > Now... I guess I'm "stock" again. > > This changes a lot of things. > > The TELCO program changes a lot ! > Interestingly, is has no more F1 or F2 features, F2 was called "CALL" (it > allowed me to do DTMF pulses), the feature is not there at all anymore (?!) > Hitting F4 (TERM) does not make any noise now, and does not crash. > > I was able to make a link between my USR 56K and the M102, thru my PABX, > by using the ANSW mode in the M102. > I have a proper 300bps link, hows "CONNECT" on the USrobotics, and i can > see the characters I type on both sides. > (it's not yet a real useful communication but the basics are there, from > now on I can manage !) > > (So I wanted to explain all that in great details first in case it ever > helps someone.) > > Then the question remains ; *why* did my original owner change the BIOS to > use REX# > Is that mandatory ? Wdyt Steve ? > Is there a way I could put a "name" on my BIOSes (version, revision ? is > there a place or a CALL where this shows up ?) > What would happen if I put back the REX# with my current ("EU") BIOS ? > Does anyone have any idea why the F1/F2 (CALL) functions in TELCO > disappeared when I switched bios ? > > That's a lot of questions I know :) > > Le ven. 4 févr. 2022 à 12:04, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> a > écrit : > >> Cedric, who did you buy it from? I can go through my emails to find out >> the history. >> Thx Steve >> >>> >> >>
