NEW problem with modem in N2

Ok, I've read every single post (2300+) in this newsgroup and unfortunately, I have a problem that noone else has I guess. N2 refuses to initialize my modem! The modem works fine in 95 or 3.11 (dual boot) but N2 fails to initialize it in 95 (full and partial loads), MSDOS mode from 95 (full and partial), straigt boot into DOS (full and partial) and windows 3.11 (full and, well, you know). My friend system does the exact same thing. Any ideas out there? My system: P166 32mb ram stealth 64 pci w 4mb ram intel etherexpress network card mustek color scanner colorado tape drive teac cd rom (4x) mag 17" monitor t2 wheel/pedals soundblaster pro 16 That's about it. Most of that ***shouldn't even affect a modem. I can post my bios and config stuff if needed. Immediate help requested!!! Jim Fitzgerald hawaii: ingenious

1) What modem do you have? 2) What COM port is it set to in Win95? 3) What COM port is set in N2? 4) What init-string is being used in N2? 5) Can you use the modem with N1, ICR2 or any other DOS game using the current system? Best Regards, Marc Marc J. Nelson Sim Racing News - USA http://members.aol.com/simracing

Welcome to the club and no ideas here, sorry to say. Bob Pohl

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> Ok, I've read every single post (2300+) in this newsgroup and > unfortunately, I have a problem that noone else has I guess. > N2 refuses to initialize my modem! The modem works fine in 95 or 3.11 > (dual boot) but N2 fails to initialize it in 95 (full and partial > loads), MSDOS mode from 95 (full and partial), straigt boot into DOS > (full and partial) and windows 3.11 (full and, well, you know). > My friend system does the exact same thing. Any ideas out there? > My system: > P166 > 32mb ram > stealth 64 pci w 4mb ram > intel etherexpress network card > mustek color scanner > colorado tape drive > teac cd rom (4x) > mag 17" monitor > t2 wheel/pedals > soundblaster pro 16 > That's about it. Most of that ***shouldn't even affect a modem. I > can post my bios and config stuff if needed. > Immediate help requested!!! > Jim Fitzgerald > hawaii: ingenious

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> 1) What modem do you have? > 2) What COM port is it set to in Win95? > 3) What COM port is set in N2? > 4) What init-string is being used in N2? > 5) Can you use the modem with N1, ICR2 or any other DOS > game using the current system? > Best Regards, > Marc > Marc J. Nelson > Sim Racing News - USA > http://members.aol.com/simracing

I have a Magitronics 33.6. Setup for Com 2 in win 95 and N2. Init string is set to AT&K0&M0&N8^M which turns off compression and error correction and sets it to 14,400 which is identical to the N2 value. N1 works fine, internet connection works fine in both win 3.11 and win 95. Quake works fine, doom2 works fine. Have tried ATZ^M but got same error. Friend is having exact same problem. He is not running a network like I am. 'bout the only thing common between the two systems is win 95. Thanks for the reply! Jim Fitzgerald hawaii : ingenious

I have seen this problem. When I saw it, it was on a Diamond/Supra plug and play modem. Problem was that the modem was using a "non-standard" IRQ setting for the port in Win95. The modem itself worked perfectly in Win95, but because it used IRQ 9 or 11 or something like that, instead of 4 or 3, Nascar couldn't find it (Nascar II either). On the Diamond modem, it would not allow you to share resources like regular non-PNP modems do. There was no way to force the modem to IRQ 4 or 3 if something else was using it (like an external COM port). If your modem will let you force the IRQ setting (ie: like a USR modem with jumpers on the modem itself) you may be able to force it to use standard IRQ settings. That should cure the Nascar "I can't see it problem". If you can't (if it is configured strictly with PNP), then you will have to disable one of the com ports, or realloacate its IRQ to another available one (if your system will allow it). This is what I had to do with the Diamond modem. Good luck

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>> 1) What modem do you have? >> 2) What COM port is it set to in Win95? >> 3) What COM port is set in N2? >> 4) What init-string is being used in N2? >> 5) Can you use the modem with N1, ICR2 or any other DOS >> game using the current system? >> Best Regards, >> Marc >> Marc J. Nelson >> Sim Racing News - USA >> http://members.aol.com/simracing >I have a Magitronics 33.6. Setup for Com 2 in win 95 and N2. Init >string is set to AT&K0&M0&N8^M which turns off compression and error >correction and sets it to 14,400 which is identical to the N2 value. >N1 works fine, internet connection works fine in both win 3.11 and win >95. Quake works fine, doom2 works fine. >Have tried ATZ^M but got same error. >Friend is having exact same problem. He is not running a network like I >am. 'bout the only thing common between the two systems is win 95. >Thanks for the reply! > Jim Fitzgerald >hawaii : ingenious

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