Is Modem DOS Compatible?
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From: Richard Bonner on 9 Dec 2009 10:09 BillW50 (BillW50(a)aol.kom) wrote: > Ever try the old, tried, and true *best* DOS modem? Many dialup servers > use banks of these. > US Robotics 56K Modem 5686E - 56 Kbps Fax / modem - serial RS-232 > -- > Bill *** Will it fit the card slot on my HP laptop? That aside, I have used USR modems over the years and have always had good success with them. -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
From: ~misfit~ on 9 Dec 2009 17:46 Somewhere on teh intarwebs Richard Bonner wrote: > BillW50 (BillW50(a)aol.kom) wrote: >> Ever try the old, tried, and true *best* DOS modem? Many dialup >> servers use banks of these. > >> US Robotics 56K Modem 5686E - 56 Kbps Fax / modem - serial RS-232 >> -- >> Bill > > *** Will it fit the card slot on my HP laptop? LOL, only if your 'card slot' is the size of a hardback book and connects via a serial port. > That aside, I have used USR modems over the years and have always > had good success with them. USR make/made good hardware dialup modems. -- Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
From: Richard Bonner on 11 Dec 2009 15:04 Mike S. (retsuhcs(a)xinap.moc) wrote: > These are Megahertz (subsequently absorbed by 3Com/USRobotics) modems; > the 3336 is newer. Both are "DOS compatible" but: You will need either > "Card and Socket Services" plus a modem driver, or a standalone > "enabler" program to allocate the COM port. *** I finally had some free time and picked up the two modems today. I went to Google and spent the last 80 minutes trying to find drivers or an enabler. All I saw was lots of documentation and discussion, but no downloads of executables save for one. It was 39 MB! So I knew it was for bloatware and not DOS. Can someone point me toward a site that might have an install disc or DOS services/drivers for the XJEM3336? -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
From: Richard Bonner on 11 Dec 2009 15:07 ~misfit~ (sore_n_happy(a)yahoo-nospam.com.au) wrote: > Somewhere on teh intarwebs Richard Bonner wrote: > > BillW50 (BillW50(a)aol.kom) wrote: > >> Ever try the old, tried, and true *best* DOS modem? Many dialup > >> servers use banks of these. > > > >> US Robotics 56K Modem 5686E - 56 Kbps Fax / modem - serial RS-232 > >> -- > >> Bill > > > > *** Will it fit the card slot on my HP laptop? > LOL, only if your 'card slot' is the size of a hardback book and connects > via a serial port. > -- > Shaun. *** Hmm, no... (-: The HP has a serial port but I connect a trackball to it. I could use it for modem purposes, but I don't want the bulk of an outboard modem when carting around a laptop. -- Richard Bonner http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
From: Pen on 11 Dec 2009 16:03
On 11/30/2009 12:54 PM, Richard Bonner wrote: > Hello, All. > > I have a choice to buy one of two modem cards for an HP Pavilion 3438 > laptop. I have been hunting around the Internet to see if either is Hayes > compatible but have only found ambiguity. Has anyone any experience with > an "XJEM3336" or "XJEM3288" modem under DOS? > > I am using DR-DOS 7.03 and will be using a terminal program (Pro-Comm > Plus) on a dial-up landline. > Do a Google search for XJEM3336 and you will find that it was introduced too late to have DOS drivers. There are drivers for all sorts of Windows versions. |