lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) (03/01/91)
Quickly: Intel's FAX/MODEM card, SatisFAXtion has no OS/2 support. Intel does not seem interested in giving any. 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. 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. Any suggestions? --kyler
hwb@texnix.stgt.sub.org (Harald Boegeholz) (03/04/91)
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 -- Harald Boegeholz |Home: hwb@texnix.stgt.sub.org (read daily) |University: boegehol@az3.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de | ^ please use the latter for large (>100k) mails
lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) (03/08/91)
In article <77398.910303@texnix.stgt.sub.org> hwb@texnix.stgt.sub.org writes: >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? I'll try to clarify: 1) I boot using a diskette formated with DOS 3.3 (and system...) 2) This disk's CONFIG.SYS has a DEVICE=SATISFAX.SYS line. 3) Once the SATISFAX.SYS driver has been loaded, I hit [ctrl][alt][del] 4) As the machine is coming back up, I remove the DOS diskette. 5) The machine boots OS/2 from the fixed disk. 6) The OS/2 CONFIG.SYS contains DEVICE=COM01.SYS 7) Once this line is executed, I get to use the SatisFAXtion board as COM2: (that's how it was configured in the DOS boot) If I don't wake it up with the DOS boot, I don't get to use it under OS/2. > >> 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. Yes, I did. No it didn't. Thanks for the attempt! --kyler