>>On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 13:05:41 +0200, Flip ter Biecht wrote:
>>
>>> 1. Do you run arachne under windows? If not, the drivers provided by
>>> windows will have to be installed in their DOS version (if exist). See the
>>> listing in windows Control Panel -> system -> devices (or similar) ->
>>> sound, for details on the soundcard. Maybe you can activate dos support
>>> from there, too (but then only for windows' dos-box)
>>
>>I have found that in the case of two PCs, each having a WinModem
>>and Windows 95 installed, I could not run Arachne unless I first
>>start up Windows and then click
>>START > SHUT DOWN > RESTART IN MS-DOS MODE.
>>Neither of these machines could run Arachne in native DOS mode, nor
>>could they run Arachne from within a "DOS box". On these machines
>>Arachne would run only in the "restarted in MS-DOS mode".
>
>Is that not just a lack of memory? What's the mem/c output? Does the modems
>com port exist?
The problem has nothing to do with memory. The problem is that the modem will
not respond to any command issued to it from within a "DOS-box", regardless of
avqilable free DOS memory.
Sam Heywood
