Andy Goth wrote:
>
> > > Perhaps someone can identify it as a Winmodem from its name.
> > According
> > > to Windows, it's a TOSHIBA Internal Modem (V.34 33.6 Data+Fax+Voice).
> > > It's on what Windows calls "Toshiba Modem Port (COM2)" (which ought to
> I hope "Toshiba Modem Port" is just another Windowsy lie. At least
> Windows fessed up to the fact that it was COM2:.
>
> Windows sez that the driver is "comm.drv" which sounds generic.
> Hopefully that means that this modem has no quirks that need to be
> worked out by the driver. It might also mean that the generic Windows
> drivers can handle Winmodems. comm.drv is 5856 bytes and has a
> timestamp of 8/24/1996 (pretty old) at 11:11 a.m. (reminds me of World
> War I). The port *is* COM2:. The IRQ is 3, and the address is 2f8.
> Those are standard. Hmm... there is an identifier fro it:
> UNIMODEM3F6D9A10. Does that mean anything to anyone?
I do not know the real answer to WinModem or no. But here is
the rub.
Programs in Win95 communicate with modems via the comm.drv
driver, whether its a WinModem or not. A winmodem merely
grabs the data that would be going in and out of the comm port
via the driver and redirect it to the underlying WinModem driver.
Thus, just becaue you have comm.drv as the driver does not
mean its not a WinModem. In other words, a WinModem simulates
the COM2 port to fool comm.drv into talking to it.
What you can do is to see if you can communicate with this
modem in MSDOS, perhaps using one of those free communications
programs. Make sure its generic. Boot into DOS...not a
DOS window, but actually stop the booting process with F8
and select "command prompt only". then fire up your program.
If you can dial out and otherwise communicate with the modem,
you should be okay for Linux.
The words UNIMODEM ring a bell, but I cannot quite put my
finger on it.
Here is another way to test it, and this time from within
windows 95/98.
Fire up your HyperTerminal in Windows. For the modem type
make sure your modem is selected, and check it out. You ought
to be able to dial out. This verifies your modem works.
Now in control panel, modems, install a "standard modem" on
the same com port.
Now in HyperTerm again, select standard modem instead of your
modem. If it works, you have a regular modem. If not, either
my procedure here is erroneous or you have a WinModem.
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