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On Fri, 8 Apr 1994, Robert Castles wrote: > Just want everyone to know that I've just picked up a Megahertz 14400 w/ > XJACK. > > WOW! What a nice modem! I can cover the PCMCIA slots with the card in, no > funky adapters! > Let's see... What did I have to do to get it to work? > > PLUG IT IN! What a breeze! > > Ok, seriously, there was more... I installed the EasyPlay stuff from IBM for > OS/2 and DOS. > > Under DOS, it was instant GO. COM 2, 14400 v42bis. Done. > > Under OS/2. I had to stop using my SIO/VSIO setup. For some reason, I could > only get COM 1 active, which is the external port. Soooo, I just used the > updated COM.SYS from IBM and Guess What. Done. > > I can't wait to put this card under some true multitasking strain with OS/2! > > Any ideas how to get to use SIO/VSIO? Does it matter? What am I losing, > since I don't think there is a true 16550 in the card? > > As it stands, I can't recommend this card enough. Of course it benifits > strongly from IBM's impressive EasyPlay software. Way to go IBM and > Megahertz! > > Robert Castles > castles@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu > > The only way that I got the Megahertz modem working in OS/2 was to use their driver (ESTDFM.OS2). It is available on their BBS. It must be installed in a specific sequence. Additionally, the com.sys and vcom.sys mustbe updated. They have a disk available that has the required file. shosmer@netcom.com