Is Modem DOS Compatible?
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From: Mike S. on 11 Dec 2009 20:40 In article <hfu8kp$im9$1(a)Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca>, Richard Bonner <ak621(a)chebucto.ns.ca> wrote: >Mike S. (retsuhcs(a)xinap.moc) wrote: > >> These are Megahertz (subsequently absorbed by 3Com/USRobotics) modems; >> the 3336 is newer. Both are "DOS compatible" but: You will need either >> "Card and Socket Services" plus a modem driver, or a standalone >> "enabler" program to allocate the COM port. > >*** I finally had some free time and picked up the two modems today. I >went to Google and spent the last 80 minutes trying to find drivers or an >enabler. All I saw was lots of documentation and discussion, but no >downloads of executables save for one. It was 39 MB! So I knew it was for >bloatware and not DOS. > > Can someone point me toward a site that might have an install disc or >DOS services/drivers for the XJEM3336? Check your email. You could probably use the standalone PCMCIA enabler program as, IIRC, the port interface never changed throughout the lifetime of this product line.
From: BillW50 on 11 Dec 2009 20:59 Mike S. wrote on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:40:36 +0000 (UTC): > Check your email. You could probably use the standalone PCMCIA enabler > program as, IIRC, the port interface never changed throughout the lifetime > of this product line. Just a word of warning Mike to be prepared. I know of nobody that has a problem with your reference to PCMCIA at all, except one. And this one might give you a hard time about it. But just ignore them when they slap your hand and tell you that it is called a PC Card and not a PCMCIA card, ok? Personally I thought we got over the days of witch hunts myself. ;-) -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2
From: Mike S. on 11 Dec 2009 22:10 In article <hfute9$f4a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >Mike S. wrote on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:40:36 +0000 (UTC): >> Check your email. You could probably use the standalone PCMCIA enabler >> program as, IIRC, the port interface never changed throughout the lifetime >> of this product line. > >Just a word of warning Mike to be prepared. I know of nobody that has a >problem with your reference to PCMCIA at all, except one. And this one >might give you a hard time about it. But just ignore them when they slap >your hand and tell you that it is called a PC Card and not a PCMCIA >card, ok? Personally I thought we got over the days of witch hunts >myself. ;-) Bill, I have pretty thick skin after almost 20 years on Usenet. You're right, of course, on the technicality ... but I'm willing to bet that in the readme files the software authors probably refer to the interface as PCMCIA themselves ... so there :-)
From: Frank Slootweg on 12 Dec 2009 07:32 BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > Mike S. wrote on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:40:36 +0000 (UTC): > > Check your email. You could probably use the standalone PCMCIA enabler > > program as, IIRC, the port interface never changed throughout the lifetime > > of this product line. > > Just a word of warning Mike to be prepared. I know of nobody that has a > problem with your reference to PCMCIA at all, except one. And this one > might give you a hard time about it. But just ignore them when they slap > your hand and tell you that it is called a PC Card and not a PCMCIA > card, ok? Personally I thought we got over the days of witch hunts > myself. ;-) Well, there are clueless people everywhere! Not all PCMCIA cards are PC Cards. Reason: It was a tad hard to name them after a standard which *didn't exist* yet. Also the term "PCMCIA card" is never *wrong*, only - from PCMCIA 2.0 on - the term "PC Card" is the *easier*/*preferred* term. For the *real* story, see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_card>.
From: GEO on 13 Dec 2009 16:11
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:04:41 +0000 (UTC), ak621(a)chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner) wrote: >.... Has anyone any experience with an "XJEM3336" or "XJEM3288" modem under DOS? >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. > Can someone point me toward a site that might have an install disc or >DOS services/drivers for the XJEM3336? Hello, I have a diskette that might have what you need: Megahertz 33.6 Ethernet Modem (1996), but I don't see any clear indication that it would work. I guess I could try it in my old laptop (with DOS 6.2). Quote: 10. Setting Up Your XJEM3288 or CCEM3288 PC Card Using DOS This section explains how to set up the LAN portion of your Card without running Setup and without using Windows. >>>BillW50 wrote: >>>...just ignore them when they slap your hand and tell you that it is >>>called a PC Card and not a PCMCIA card, ok? One of my floppies says: PC Card Modem (Dell, Motorola 1997), but another says: PCMCIA Card Configuration(AST Research 1992). I didn't know that they had been re-named somewhere in between. Geo |