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 ====== Connecting Windows 95/98/Me to the Internet using Virtual Modem ======
-This step-by-step guide will show you how to get a Windows 95/98/Me computer with just serial connected to the Internet using the Virtual Modem and a PPP wrapper. If you have not already, please follow the [[Guides:Virtual Modem|instructions how to set up Virtual Modem]]. Make sure the serial cable is connected to the Raspberry and the vmodem.sh script service is running on it before attempting this part of the guide.
+This step-by-step guide will show you how to get a Windows 95/98/Me computer connected to the Internet using just a serial port, and Virtual Modem running on your Raspberry Pi host system or other system of choice. If you have not already, please follow the [[Guides:Virtual Modem|instructions how to set up Virtual Modem]] as it is a prerequisite for this tutorial. Make sure the serial cable is connected to the Raspberry and the vmodem.sh script is running on it before attempting this part of the guide. You can manually run vmodem.sh to see what is happening on the console of the Raspberry Pi if you need to troubleshoot.
-You can connect to the Internet with the built-in dial-up of Windows 95. We will go through the steps how to set up a dial-up connection on your Windows 95 (or later) computer. We will also configure typical settings for dial-up over PPP. For the sake of the tutorial's completeness, we will also install Netscape Communicator 4.5, but you're free to use any web browser.
+You can connect to the Internet with the built-in dial-up functionality of Windows 95/98/Me, no network card needed. We will go through the steps how to set up a modem and then a dial-up connection on your Windows 95 (or later) computer. For the sake of completeness, we will then test the connection using Netscape Communicator 4.0, but you're free to use any web browser.
-Once again, please make sure you have [[Virtual Modem|VModem]] set up and running and connected over a working serial port to the computer before attempting the following steps.
+Once again, please make sure you have [[Virtual Modem|VModem]] set up and running and a serial cable is connected between the Raspberry Pi and your Windows 9x computer before attempting the following steps.
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 I am currently in the process of writing this guide. At it's current state the tutorial is in **PRE-ALPHA**. This message will be updated as I continue to work on this tutorial series.
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+===== Modem Setup =====
+For you to connect to VModem running on your Raspberry Pi, you must first tell Windows 95 that you have a modem that you can use, and it is connected to your serial port on your computer and it is a Standard Modem. Once you've set up the modem, you can set up the dial-up connection.
+Note: Some computers have several serial ports, usually labeled COM1 and COM2 in Windows. We will be using the first serial port COM1. If you have the Raspberry connected on any other port, make adjustments as necessary.
+Another note: We will tell Windows that the modem is communicating at 57600 bps. This is the default speed of the vmodem script. If you have modified the script, make adjustments as needed.
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