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From: RAF@CU.NIH.GOV ("Roger Fajman")
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Procomm or Modem Problem
Message-ID: <9104172247.AA22467@alw.nih.gov>
Date: 17 Apr 91 22:46:46 GMT
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>                     When I use Procomm to dial the number of a BBS the
> modem will respond like it is dialing, (i.e. it rings and I hear a
> high pitched tone right before it should connect and then a loud hiss sound)
> , but when it is supposed to give me a "Connect 2400" message, nothing
> will appear on the screen.

This is usually caused by having another COM port at the same address
in your PC.  Perhaps your machine has another COM2 built in or there is
a COM2 port on another expansion board.  You need to either disable the
other port or change it to another address.

Roger Fajman                                   Telephone:  +1 301 402 1246
National Institutes of Health                  BITNET:     RAF@NIHCU
Bethesda, Maryland, USA                        Internet:   RAF@CU.NIH.GOV