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From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Modem Woes
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Date: 7 Apr 91 06:54:25 GMT
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In article <1991Apr5.122933.1@watt.ccs.tuns.ca> macauslandr@watt.ccs.tuns.ca writes:
>I recently purchaed an A500 and am having serious problems getting
>my modem to work on it 
...
>(none of the lights
>flash which would give some hint that something is getting through)

This sounds like a hardware problem.  Make sure you have the right
kind of cable, and that it is firmly connected at both ends.  Try the
same modem on another computer to see that the modem and cable both
work.

It could be software.  Make sure you are talking to the modem at a
speed it can understand (probably 1200 or 2400 bps).  The speed is set
in either your terminal program or the preferences for the serial device.

           Dan Zerkle  zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu  (916) 754-0240
           Amiga...  Because life is too short for boring computers.