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From: hwb@texnix.stgt.sub.org (Harald Boegeholz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Faking Intel's SatisFAXtion driver
Summary: You might not have to!
Message-ID: <77398.910303@texnix.stgt.sub.org>
Date: 4 Mar 91 04:21:11 GMT
Reply-To: hwb@texnix.stgt.sub.org
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Hi, Kyler!

In Article <7095@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, 
lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
> I am able to use the MODEM under OS/2, but only by booting DOS with the
> SATISFAX.SYS device in my config.sys, then rebooting OS/2.  Obviously this
> is a kludge at best.
I don't understand this sentence! How can you use the modem under OS/2
by booting DOS?

> Since the device driver doesn't need to modify the operating system, I assume
> it's just sending some info to the card to say "Hey!  Act like COM2:!".  It
> seems that this should be easy to emulate.
Anyway, did you try to use the device driver you mention under OS/2?
I don't have this SatisFAXtion card, but as far as I know,
many _character_device_drivers_ for DOS will also work under OS/2
in real mode.
Chances are, though, that SATISFAX.SYS is not a real device driver
but some dirty TSR faking as one. In this case, it will probably not
work. Just give it a try (and have a bootable OS/2 or DOS diskette
with an editor handy in case OS/2 won't boot any more!).

Harald
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