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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!ns1.nodak.edu!plains.NoDak.edu!ortmann From: ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu (Daniel Ortmann) Subject: Re: Modem Woes....Something Drastic??? Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (Usenet login) Message-ID: <D0x79K.pt2@ns1.nodak.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 20:22:32 GMT References: <D0oKCt.ntA@ns1.nodak.edu> <3cj6e0$79m@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network Lines: 18 In article <3cj6e0$79m@pdq.coe.montana.edu>, Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote: >In article <D0oKCt.ntA@ns1.nodak.edu>, >Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@plains.NoDak.edu> wrote: >>So far I know of 4 people who have had serious modem problems: >> - sio not recognized on startup >> - able to dial (and hear the connect) but unable to sustain the connection > >The cause for the latter in almost 100% of the cases I've been aware of >is a IRQ problem. Two devices are trying to use the same interrupt, and >in real OS's this won't work. > :-) That was not the problem....I went to "minicom" and was up and running instantly.