Check your hardware driver (serial.device, etc) actually works with your modem.
Get a terminal prog like NComm or Term and set it to use the same hardware device as Miami was, and see if you can talk to the modem.
E.G. entering AT&V should make the modem list it's config.
That is if Supra modems are Hayes compatible???
If there are still no comms with the modem, try a different modem and cable.
Failing that, you may have a motherboard fault. Maybe a CIA problem. Also check the -12V supply to the motherboard.