I am suspecting the cable also. It has been in storage for a couple
years and could be bad. It has 25 pins on one end and 9 pins on the other,
so not really adapted with a separate thingy. I think I will just get
another one and try it.
One other question, there is a connector on the back for 9 pin and for 25
pin. Would they both be serial? My book says the 25 pin is a parallel
printer port. If it could be used as a serial port it leaves open the
option for one type of connecter. But that would mean I couldn't use it for
a printer, wouldn't it?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grumpy_Penguin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Which modem
On Thursday 12 January 2006 08:58, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
jim allAn wrote:
> I am also having trouble getting a serial modem to work. Mine
> won't work in windows either. I see a couple lights blink but not
> long enough to se which they are. The modem I have is a best data
> smart one model 56spx-2/56sx-2. The internal modem I am using just
> isn't compatible with Mandriva.
This sounds like a hardware problem. Ether the modem ran out
of "magic smoke", the modem power supply is bad, or the cable
between the modem and the computer is bad.
I am tempted to suspect the modem cable
you're not using adapters are you? eg 9 to 25 pin adapter
Mikkel
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