Subj : Re: Version To : David Rance From : Paul Williams Date : Mon Dec 10 2001 11:10 am Hi David Rance, hope you are having a nice day PW>> The modem is a pcmcia modem and at times if I start a comm type PW>>program, '98 acts as if I'd just unplugged the modem. I have to PW>>reboot 2 or 3 times before I can finally use it. DR>I'm getting funny things like that on my Compaq laptop. All I know is that if I `salute' the system, the window that pops up says that msgsrv32 isn't responding and if I kill that process then whatever program that's accessing the modem & has hung starts back up and compains abt the missing modem. Add to that the fact that if I bring the laptop up from hibernation or standby mode, on random occasions whatever program is in foreground will crash&burn. Including explorer and the desktop. :/ If it's the filemanager I use (wincmdr) then I just close it, cycle memturbo to defrag the memory, and restart wincmdr. If it's the desktop and/or explorer I have to do a reboot of some form to get everything reloaded. Does it w/ 32meg, 64meg & 160meg so I'm not sure what to think. :< PW>> Another problem is bt(dos/w32) not seeing the modem to begin w/. PW>>In that case I have to pull it out, wait for the system beeps PW>>for unplugged cards, and the plug it back in at which point it's PW>>seen by any/all comm programs. :/ DR>I've got a problem with one program (used for programming the computer DR>inside the console of a church organ). The program doesn't check that the DR>data are being received correctly and so it's difficult to know whether the DR>connection is good or not! Fun all around it seems. The hardwired comport everything see's but the port I'd like to experiment w/... The laptop has the fast infrared port on it and atm is also configured to act as com5 and lpt4. If I could get *any* comm program to see com 5, there's a number of things I'd like to try/do. Bink by a 4mbps ir link would be fun to play around w/. -=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams <=- .... "Buma tomorrow!! There's always a buma tomorrow." - Jeff H --- Terminate 4.00/Pro * Origin: Computer... Smoke... Uhh Ohh (1:387/710) .