Subj : Re: dialup problems To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: dialup problems Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:12:46 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: <9gka0d55a85fgg6d62v76qacjftdvtei72@4ax.com> <4guk0dlh6o7unn70mmc9obbvc024msfri3@4ax.com> <1fio0d9pouhfijehel9a2ludovp9p1a6n5@4ax.com> <1q2p0d5oflvfpdld8gdg8qcaoms09v1jgi@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="bc6d614f17f73dcb4dc453f18b19ec3b"; logging-data="4868"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+k5SiMCq/oiNu8li6oSK+B" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:VUsY9UJFbyLN862R3d3gijT6htI= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134565 In message , Paul writes: >james@nospam.com wrote: >> On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:20:27 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" >> wrote: [] >>> (I still can't understand why you don't get it with Windows 98, but >>>I sympathise that you're fed up of trying things!) >>> >>>> landline from them. Where I live, I must have a landline because my >>>> cellphone dont get a signal. >>>> >>> Would it be possible to erect some sort of aerial - do cellular >>>signals reach your location but too far above ground level? Or are [] >> Thanks for starting a new thread. I was considering doing the same. >> I have never understood why Win98 works and not any NT based OS. I [] > No, I dont get a usable cellphone signal. I live down a hill, >>cellphone >> signals are poor to start with, and being downhill from the nearby town, >> I dont get much. Sometimes I get one bar, but have to go outside (metal Ah, so you're not in the backwoods completely. [] >> or busineesses in the immediate area. I dont make many long dist. calls, >> but when I do, I do have to go up that hill and use the cellphone. >> I do think the dialup problem is on the other end (ISP), but that >>still >> dont explain why Win98 works and not any NT based OSs. No, since you say you're using external (serial port) MoDems. Very odd. [] >> an antenna on the roof and a booster could solve the metal house >> limitations, but I'd still be boosting a very weak signal. Is your roof that far below the height you get when you "go up that hill"? [] >> and I do not want the tv part. I have a 40ft tv antenna, and I get Could you put a cellular antenna on _that_? I'm not sure if it has to be an active booster: a couple of directional aerials (one pointing at the cell tower, one downwards towards where you have the 'phone) connected together _might_ work. (A booster would be better, but it's a matter of getting power to it, and so on. Solar might work, but would increase windage. Or, if the TV aerial has a booster, maybe you could share its supply.) >> enough tv stations to suit me. I mostly just watch ME-TV anyhow. I'm >> elderly and like the old shows. Modern tv is crap in my opinion. > >There are multiple kinds of dialup modems. James has said he doesn't like MoDem cards, and has ropey USB support, so is using true external (serial port) MoDems. [] >On my laptop, the softmodem function is done with a >sound chip. That means the laptop still needs a DAA, >but the ADC (analog to digital converter) function is >done with a sound chip. The driver situation on the I once had a combined sound card and MoDem. Make beginning with O, IIRR. I think it was German. [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The Daily Mail has led the campaign to limit pornography - "it demeans and belittles women," they explain, "and that's our job." (Sandi Toksvig [scripted], News Quiz 2013-7-26.) --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .