> You said that your using a 486, now pentiums were the first
boards
> introduced with built in ide/floppy & com/serial ports.


Not necessarily!

There were heaps of boards manufactured with com/ide etc onboard.
Also, this machine happens to be a Compaq, so the board was custom
built to include the lot.


> So is there possibly
> a hardware error with your com card???


No, the com ports work A-OK for other purposes, and the modem works
under other operating systems on the same machine.


Jeff


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