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From: mi@cs.bu.edu (Mikhail Teterin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0: Anyone's Internal Modem work ?
Date: 30 Jan 1995 04:26:19 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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Brian Somers,London,(0956) 361 769,(0181) 840 7880 (brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: David Shadoff (daves@interlog.com) wrote:
: : OK... my internal modem is not getting sensed by FreeBSD 2.0R.

: : The only follow-ups I have seen to my postings here and in comp.os.386bsd.bugs
: : were 'me-too' postings.

: : I was wondering if anybody has an internal modem that *does* get
: : sensed properly by FreeBSD 2.0R 'out of the box', and works properly.
Yes, after 2 kernel rebuilds I made my modem (DSI-soft modem, sitting on
COM3, using IRQ4) recognizable. But, I would very much appreciate hint on how
to make it dial a number. What program to use (tip/cu just hang the whole 
system -- probably wrong configuration :-( ), and what parameters to give.
Thanks in advance.
	-mi