----- Original Message -----
From: Charley & Peggy Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting a ISA modem to work
>
> I have an old 33.6 Kbs USR hardware ISA modem in my box. I installed
> it as a plug and play device and made sure that my BIOS was set for no
> P'n P OS installed. That way the BIOS could assign all ports and IRQs.
> There's a procedure for setting up the hardware in the book but the ISA
> MODEM was found on reboot.
>
> Cheers,
>
> CR
>
> Devin Rader wrote:
> > So I went out
> > and bought a Award Technology ISA modem. I installed the modem and fired
up
> > the PC, now I have no idea what to do with it. The device shows up in
the
> > Mandrake hardware config under the unknown section, not under the modem
> > section. Do I need drivers or something? Also, I have a serial mouse
> > attached. Correct me if I am wrong, but are serial mice usually put in
COM1?
> > If so, then I should make sure my modem jumpers are set to COM2 or 4,
> > correct?
> > Anyway, thanks for any ideas you give!
> >
> > Devin
>
>
