External Modem Installation With Windows 3.X - 3Com 56k User's Manual And Reference

External Modem Installation with Windows 3.x

You will need these items from your
3Com U.S. Robotics modem box:
modem
power adaptor
serial modem cable
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phone cord
How to Connect the Modem
to the Computer
Turn off your computer and any attached
1.
devices, such as a printer, monitor, keyboard,
mouse.
Connect the serial cable to the modem and to
2.
the computer. When looking for the serial port
on the back of your computer, look for ports
labeled COM, MODEM, RS-232, or SERIAL.
Do not select AUX, GAME, LPT, or
PARALLEL.
Remember which serial port you selected. This
information will be necessary when installing your
communications software.
Plug one end of the phone cord into the TELCO
3.
socket and the other end into a phone wall
socket.