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                    The Complete Communicator
           Instructions for Doing a Simple Modem Test
                                
                                
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To test your modem, you can do the following from the DOS prompt:

C:\COPY CON COM1 (or COM2 if the modem is installed there)
C:\ATDT1408434-9703  (or anay phone number, then pick up the
phone a listen)
C:\^Z  (Control Z,  Closes the file)

You should hear your phone dial.

If not, you should see either:

DOS reports a "Write Fault Error" in which case you have a faulty
connection between the fax and modem, or you have a bad modem all
together.
                                
                               or
                                
DOS reports "One File Copied", but nothing happens.  In this case
DOS wrote to a port, but some other device than the modem
receivied the message.  Look for other  COM 1 or COM 2 devices on
your computer, or some other device that uses IRQ 4 or IRQ 3,
respectively.