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DOS driver for a Win modem

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Name: John Gregg
Date: April 1, 2003 at 22:08:13 Pacific
OS: DOS
CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2.53 - 512KB
Comment:

We use a DOS Point of Sale retail package - for security reasons - we strip off Windows & run under DOS - installing new DELL pcs with an internal modem - ( V90 56K ) is anything available that will run a win modem under DOS ?
Thanks




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Name: x86
Date: April 2, 2003 at 00:05:27 Pacific
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Hi, as far as I am aware WinModems use Windows resources to run, it would be better to get an external serial one or a PCI Hardware modem, I believe Arachne Web browser has some support for internal modems!

When you say strip out Windows do you mean you are using W98? or a we talking NT which has DOS emulation? I believe that in W95/98 if you run a DOX box from within Windows it may be possible to call the modem, sure somebody has done it!


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Response Number 2
Name: jboy
Date: April 2, 2003 at 00:38:57 Pacific
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Nope - that's why it's called a Winmodem.

Further reading here.


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Response Number 3
Name: Secret_Doom
Date: April 2, 2003 at 09:39:20 Pacific
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Like x86 said, if Windows is running, that is, if you're just on a DOS box (whether on Win9x or on a NT system), the modem can probably be used.

However, if you're on DOS Real-Mode, Windows not running, there's no way that modem is going to work, as far as I know.

-- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom --

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