Re: Modem Problem

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DynaSoar@@YGRI.net (Doktor DynaSoar Iridium) wrote:
>Had lightning strike right on the house. Knocked my hand off the
>keyboard, the computer rebooted and is fine, but the modem died.
>It was a cheap generic 14.4. I got a Hayes 14.4 to replace it.
>It won't work with the Apple, although it works fine with the DOS and
>Linux boxes on the same switch box. Here's the symptoms:
>
>Any ideas?

I've seen this happen before.  Your GS' serial chip is likely fried.
You'll either need a motherboard replacement if you want it to function
whe way it used to.  Alternatively, you can plug a Super Serial Card
into slot 2, but I warn you.  A 33.6 modem works extremely well on
the GS' modem port, giving up to 2800cps to 3000cps (my PC does the
same when the phone lines are clean), but when I tried the old Super
Serial Card in the GS, things degraded to being only stable at 9600
connections.  The weak link in modem speed for other Apple II models
is not the CPU, it is the serial chip.  The GS' serial chip is much
superior, capable of going up to 230Kbps under AppleTalk, and yours
is probably damaged.

-Scott G.