Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    
    Chances are your serial port is not dead since you get an attached
    message. Try these ..
    
    o  Double check the settings on your scholar modem
    o  Check Preferences and set up your serial port there
    o  Check handshake and make sure it is configured properly
       to match the modem
    
    If all else fails, try using VLT or JR-Comm. Both of those products
    work fine for me.

    1) Do the lights blink when you type?
    
    2) Is the communication program using the same baud rate as is the
    "default" for the modem?

Also consider switching the Scholar modem to the AT mode or whatever the
Hayes compatible mode is called. Most of the Comm programs are set up
to comply with those modem commands. At least the default setups and
documentation for the comm programs will be geared toward those commands.

Dave

Scholar's are funny beasts.  Try unplugging and plugging in your
modem a few times.  Sometimes it seems to get into a wierd state.
I just had this problem on Saturday myself for the first time in
quite a while.  Took about 4 times of replugging before it came
up in a working state and then it was fine.  I would try another
modem before trying to repair the amiga.

-steve

    Try the loop-back test.  I don't have a Scholar manual any more, but it
    is well documented on how to perform the test.

.1 says that since you are getting the 'ATTACHED' message, it's probably not
your serial port.  Not so.  My serial port went bad about a year ago, and the
symptom was that it was either read or write only (I don't remember which). 
This doesn't mean that it is a problem with the serial port, just that it could
be.  If you have a terminal lying around, make sure that the modem works okay,
and try the other suggestions here, but if nothing helps, then it may be your
serial port even though it works one way.

Mark

I've had this happen on an A500. I could recieve but not transmit. It
ended up being the RS232 driver/reciever chip pair (1488 and 1489 ?) (driver chip
in my case)

They are (I think) 14 pin dips and cost about $0.75 ad Radio Shack and take
a half hour or so to install (need to unsolder the old one).

john

    re .4:
    Same here.  Just random line noise while the Scholar modem was not
    being used was enough to put it into strange modes that a few power
    on/off attempts were needed to get it back to normal.
    
    I've also had the problem of the cable connecting the modem to the
    Amiga go flakey with very similar problems to .0's.  Text would appear
    and only occasionally would a character I typed actually get sent.
    
    By replacing the cable, and switching to a Scholar Plus modem (which I
    leave powered off when not in use - power switch is on the front of the
    modem - a nice feature) the problems have gone away.
    
    dennis
    

I re-checked my setup and cables--all OK.  I put on another, known good,
9600 baud modem, and I'm still dead.  Time to take it in for repair...

	1) Where are the best places within striking distance of Westboro,
MA, to get my A2000 repaired?  (If this has been discussed, pointers to 
other notes would be appreciated).  What should I expect to pay?

	2) Are there any diagnostic programs around which check
the serial I/O chip?

Thanks again for all the help.

Sam

    
    In my opinion, the best place to go for repairs is:
    		The Memory Location
    		396 Washington Street
    		Wellesley, MA 02181
    		617/237-6846
    
    
    Their normal hours are 10-6 M-F and 9-5 on Saturday.  They have
    extended hours until xmas.  Call and ask for Roy.
    
    They have very reasonable rates, have most parts in stock, & depending
    on what is wrong can repair the system quite fast.
    
    -----Robert