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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Thomas Vickery wrote:

> I am trying to install version 2.1 (again) I gave up on it before because of
> this problem: When booting from either the boot floppy or the HD, my
> internal Boca modem on com1 IRQ 4 is detected as follows: sometimes at 0x3f8
> (where it should be) sometimes at 0x3f8-0x3ff or else not at all. It is not
> detected about 90% of the time.

I can't say.  We've had lots of problems with internal modems that aren't
probed.  Yours may just be a troublemaker.  :)  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major