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Re: Dial Up Networking/Win95/TP701
On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Paul Khoury wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:32:13 +0200 (MET DST), Ben wrote:
>
> >I've got a TP701C which I've had for a good while now.
> >
> >In any case, I have a rather bizzare problem. When I'm using a PC Card
> >modem(ANY PC Card modem) and I connect using Windows 95 Dial-Up
> >Networking while I'm attached to the power mains, if the power cable
> >comes unplugged, the computer shuts off.
> >
> >Now this happens even if the battery is full, but ONLY while Win95
> >Dial-Up NEtowrking is running--other modem programs don't disconnect me.
> >Under FreeBSD, I can run PPP and I have no problems.
> >
> >Anyone got any suggestions? IBM doesn't seem to want to help.
> >
> Have you tried contacting Microsoft about it? It could be an I/O conflict
> with the APM.
Yup--MS tells me that it's a hardware problem and hence IBM's problem.
Ben.
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