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would go to your target drive. Implication is that you should make sure at the start of a session that your counter is zero. To assure this, press C=z to see what the counter is set at. It is prepended to the filename. Easy answer to your question.... when you have to save that last buffer, just press ^w and it will go to the next REU bank in the auto-save sequence. As for your script problem, I believe what has happened, judging by your sample, is that you have an expect string in your reply string area. It is you sending the DNAMMOC string to GEnie. Let me explain. The logon scripts are in this format. The 'expect' string is stored backwards followed by a zero, followed by the expect string. There is no compiling necessary. I have always felt this adds a step that is kind of unnecessary and would have required me to write yet another bit of code. So if you look at a script, you will see things that look like that... the first part spelled backward, a zero, and then something spelled 'correctly' so to speak. It looks to me like what I said above... your 'expect' string is being sent as a reply. How it is happening I can't say. I would recommend that you use Mark's ScriptMaker program to dump a copy of the script to paper and check for this condition carefully. I'm almost positive you will find this to be the case. If not, as always, you can upload it to me and I'll look at it. You could also use Mark's program to 'print' your script to disk, edit out your id/password, then upload that if you like. btw, you might find another feature of 3.00 interesting and useful. I forgot to mention that there is now a toggle to switch off screen display during buffering... It is also available through your logon scripts with use of a token that Mark has probably not documented yet, ^v, but I'm sure anyone who buffers stuff like you do will find this useful. The buffer counter will still increment so you can tell things are coming in... just that no time is wasted printing it. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 25 Sun Jan 15, 1995 N.ONEIL [Nate] at 13:27 EST dan t. and e.g.bell. Referring back to msg.6 and the carrier detect problem. To make Dan's fix work, I had to add DCLEAR to line 9. And, Ed, the mailbb script doesn't terminate, smiley stays put on the status line after "exiting" and the flagship bb menu appear. Havn't tried any other autolog scripts yet Of course, "STOP" does terminate the script Regards. Nate ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 26 Sun Jan 15, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 16:56 EST Nate: How do you have your bb prompts set? Are they 'non', or 'bri'? Since that is the script I use every day, I assume something must be different from what I have mine set for. Also, I have my scroll set to zero at the main GEnie settings page, tho for the first couple of years I didn't do that. I don't even know what the 'DCLEAR' command does? close all files? Is he 'mailbb' script you are using unedited... as I originally uploaded it or did you make any changes? If you like upload it and I'll try it out on my system... tho I'm using version 3.00... shouldn't matter much cuz I'm using all of my scripts from several versions back virtually unchanged. And the new version will likewise be backward compatible with all the old scripts... and only one change required if desired to add the ALTernate drive setting to the dflt. files. Anyway, Nate, given that you are getting as far as you are with the script, I'm sure you can see that the stuff does work. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 27 Sun Jan 15, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 16:57 EST Cam.... the test files I've been uploading can be deleted as soon as you find it convenient to do so. They were used because of their small size for my tests. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 28 Sun Jan 15, 1995 THE.OUTLAW at 19:33 EST Ok, Ed. Will do :> ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 29 Sun Jan 15, 1995 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 20:49 EST All- sorry about putting the prompt in my earlier messages and messing up some subsequent script users. Adding the CR to your script does solve the problem as I did it once before and got my script ruined also. I will try to do better next time- if i can only remember things. E.G. - You are right about the DNAMMOC coming from the script itself. It is strange- I have no idea how it came about. Neither listing nor printing the script reveals any problem. A look at it with Servant does show that the applicable line does not have the @@@@@@@@ in it. Now to figure out how to get them in as Scriptmaker doesn't solve the problem. It may take a sector editor. The Ctr B takes care of my paging request- thanks - a single key would be a lot easier. (I know - what do I want - egg in my beer too) I can live with the Cmd Z to find out what bank I am in. Thanks alot for the help. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 30 Sun Jan 15, 1995 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 22:26 EST E.G.- Regarding my script sending DNAMMOC The problem is Scriptmaker. When I enter: REA ALL NEW CAT=45 NOR as a Response String it is one character too long - consequrntly there are no @@@@ in the next Expect String so it gets sent with the response. How does one create the reverse @@@@ used anyway? i.e. what is its character code for instance? cha,6/consequrntly/consequently/ ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 31 Sun Jan 15, 1995 C128.JBEE at 22:51 EST If it is one character too long try this 7 all new cat=45 nor that will save you two characters. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 32 Sun Jan 15, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 23:25 EST RK: We ran into that some time back. There is a way to do it in the script, but as you surmise, it would take a sector editor and a lot of patience. Currently, the expect/response strings are 30 chars combined... including the delimiter between them, the <CR>/zero on the end of the response, etc. You *could* make them longer, tho not as ScriptMaker is written. You could only have one such string in any CASE, and it would have to be the last one in the case, and obviously could not be any higher than the 4th sub case. The trick would be to let the response string extend into the next subcase and have no 'LTR##' entry, which Mark will understand as he is familiar with my source code. All of that is more work than you need to do, I'm sure. :) ScriptMaker is not designed for such tinkering, and I don't blame Mark for doing it that way. It would have been kind of difficult... perhaps in the future. If I were going to do it, I think I'd move each cASE into 150 byte strings, which would allow a LOT of manipulation, etc. as a 25 element array... just use mid$, left$, and right$ to separate the component parts of the cases. back to your problem... try John's suggestion. I've never seen it done like that (w/o the 'REA') command, but if it works... :).... Kind of wonder how it happens that your command gets sent at all w/o a <CR> at the end even after the 'DNAMMOC' thing? That might be a viable way to get it done tho if you are willing to twiddle w/a sector editor... swap the long string into the higher subcase (no higher than 4 tho), then add a <cr> and a zero at the end of it. That should work. (Did that make sense? Sorry to be so long about coming up with it!) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 33 Tue Jan 17, 1995 N.ONEIL [Nate] at 23:31 EST Ed Bell Ihave my prompts set to 'brief' I mad no modifications to mailbb other than inserting the phone # DCLEAR does close all files but applies only to Dev 8. Line 45 of EZ.BOOT Bloads from the device whose number it learned by peek(186). But after file 2 was opened in line 5 file 2 is the the device most recently addressed. BLOADing from device 2 aborts the program. Dclear makes the device most recently to be 8. Which works OK if the prog was loaded from device 8. Everything with mailbb works OK except it won't termiate. I marvel at all it can do. Nate ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 34 Wed Jan 18, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 06:03 EST Nate: I have my prompts set for 'none', but I just tried my copy of mailbb with prompts set for 'brief' and it worked ok.... what is the last thing yours does successfully? Here is what it is supposed to do... If starting offline, it is supposed to dial the number and log you on, then it goes to get your mail and buffer it. Then it goes to the bulletin board and browses all new messages without prompting for replies... buffering all of this. Then, it is supposed to exit the bulletin board, go to get a list of the new uploads, again buffering all of this, and finally, return to the bulletin board and end the script. What does yours not do of all of the above? That is the first one I wrote, and just about the only one I use. :) Seems odd that it would go through some of it and not the whole thing. btw, if starting online, the script picks up at the part after the logon.... nice work Mark. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 35 Wed Jan 18, 1995 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 18:02 EST C128.jbee- your 7 took care of my REA ALL NEW CAT=45 NOR being too long problem. Do you have anymore of those shortcuts? I got into this problem because I was getting- Unrecognized command from GENIE in response to my script sending M625;1 for example. To solve this I added an Unrecognized command as a case to every Expect String. I apparently don't understand as RTCm doesn't seem to be responding. Typically I have (for example without the prompt) Case # 4 EXPECT STRING RESPONSE STRIMG a: (prompt) M625;1[m] b: Unrecognizd command [k]3 Case # 5 a: (prompt) RAM 1-50 NOR[m] b: Unrecognized command [k]4 What is the correct way to handle this problem? Thanks agin for any help. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 36 Wed Jan 18, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 20:12 EST RK: I've never used the 'unrecognized command' thing. Just for my own curiousity, why do you use upper case 'M' in the 'M625;1' thing? I always use lower case, tho I don't know that it matters at all. Is it just for demonstration? Maybe this weekend I'll give it a try by sending commands that do not exist... thereby forcing that situation. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 37 Thu Jan 19, 1995 CBM-MARK at 00:01 EST Ah, yes, I forgot about that 30 character limit that ScriptMaker has for each CASE string. That was brought to my attention when I wrote the original version and neglected to fix that in the latest one. Shouldn't be too hard to fix that when I get to updating ScriptMaker. Just need to trap for a 31+ character string and have ScriptMaker move on to the next CASE string prompt. Forcing that extra long string as the last subcase in the CASE. A couple more things would have to trapped for but all easy enough to do ;) I see I have to check the current version, I *thought* I had trapped for string length and wouldn't allow anything over 30 :/ Another way you could do 'REA ALL NEW CAT=45 NORm' is like this with imbedded carriage returns: 'SET 45mBRO NORm' I think that's about as short as you can get it ;> ~~Mark~~ ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 38 Thu Jan 19, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 06:07 EST MD> need to trap for a 31+ character string and have ScriptMaker MD> move on to the next CASE string prompt. Forcing that extra MD> long string as the last subcase in the CASE Just remember to terminate everything w/zeroes. Each CASE structure follows the previous one immediately. I would also suggest moving the structures into their own array element, which would make it extremely easy to move them around, delete them, etc. ex: 995 for case = 1 to 25 1000 for x=. to 149 1010 : bank 0:case$(case)=case$(case)+chr$(peek(case#+x)):bank 15 1030 next 1020 next It would be a little more complicated than that because 'case#' would have to be a 25 element array also containing the start address of each case. But such an arrangement would be one way to include commonly used structures as insertion options.... for example, an option to add a 'read all new BB messages' case that is already made and would work in any RT. You would also have to account for the associated LTR, QUEUE, and TIMEOUT stuff, but your code already does that anyway making it an easy adjustment. There is one new token for 3.00 too, token 'v', which toggles screen display on/off during operation. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 39 Thu Jan 19, 1995 C128.JBEE at 12:05 EST Would screen length make a different and stop the script while it waits at " <RETURN>, <S>croll, <Q>uit ?" ? ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 40 Thu Jan 19, 1995 C128.JBEE at 12:11 EST That is the only shortcut I can think of at the moment :) Though I use BRO NOR and just IGN PERM any category I am not interested in reading as long as I visit the BB every 60 days. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 41 Thu Jan 19, 1995 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 19:10 EST E.G.: The caps in my example were just for demo. I don't use them in the actual script. I get an 'Unrecognized command' from GENIE almost every call. It usually occurs about my third page change and RTCM sends out my second respnse string rather than executing the one for 'Unrecognized command' which makes me wonder if changing the order would make any difference? CBM-MARK: The actual response string I am using is: [a][d]rea all new cat=45 nor[m] When I add another Expect String to this case it gets sent (in reverse) with the response string. I believe because my response string uses up all the space and there isn't any nulls to identify a change. I use a [m] plus the GENIE prompt as the Expect String and didn't think I was up to the 30 limit. Anyway I like your example as another way to accomplish my task. Thanks. I didn't know I could chain the responses like that. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 42 Thu Jan 19, 1995 N.ONEIL [Nate] at 22:27 EST EB> the bulletin board, go get a list of the new uploads Ed, My impatience was my trouble. Thought the script (mailbb) ended when all new messages were caputured and the script exited the Bulletin Board. Reran the script tonight anad waited patiently. These 3 system msgs displayed: Timeout Case #7 p625 Timeout Case #8 Library Timeout Case #9 RETURN ***Script Terminated Successfully*** If I remember correctly, each msg ended with a '?' I'M simulating the Quoter Overlay since I cou:dn't get it to work Loaded ur last msg into buffer. Hilited desired quote. Press 'Q'. Pressed CMDR-Q. Prssed ESC. Went on line to p625;1. Set 8. REA 18 34. Entered REP Pressed CTRL-F (prssed CTRL-left arrow on a retry). Instead o f the quote appearing on line I got '>End of Quoted Text<' :( ::groan:: Damn. It's a pwerful prog with damn useful functions. But the learning curve frustrates mE. BTW, when it gets the list of new uploads does it capture them in the buffer? THen it must be the descriptive text, right? Don't believe any was in my buffer after the las new BB msg. Thanks for you patience, Ed. really appreciate it. Nate. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 43 Fri Jan 20, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 05:57 EST John: JB> Would screen length make a different and stop the script while JB> it waits Shouldn't. Before I set my scroll length to zero, I used to use the= script to navigate those very prompts. I went to scroll 0 to cut down the number of things the script had to worry about, but also to make sure that I got the same setting in all RTs. RK> I get an 'Unrecognized command' from GENIE almost every call. RK> It usually occurs about my third page change and RTCM sends RK> out my second respnse string rather than executing the one for RK> 'Unrecognized command' which makes me wonder if changing the RK> order would make any difference Good idea. I don't have an answer for you in either case. As always, if you want me to test the script upload it to my mailbox and I'll give it a try. RK> CBM-MARK: The actual response string I am using is: RK> [a][d]rea all new cat=45 nor[m] RK> When I add another Expect String to this case it gets sent (in RK> reverse) with the response string. I believe because my RK> response string uses up all the space and there isn't any RK> nulls to identify a change. You are exactly right as to what is happening. As to why, I'd have to see the script, but the response itself takes 25 characters. The expect could take a maximum of 3 for this reason... the expect string and the response string each have to be null terminated. Can't go with a carriage return because some responses get sent w/o one. Nate: NF> These 3 system msgs displayed: NF> Timeout Case #7 p625 NF> Timeout Case #8 Library NF> Timeout Case #9 RETURN NF> ***Script Terminated Successfully*** That is not really good, Nate. But I can see you are working with an older version. I believe it used to be that when a case timed out, it skipped to the next case, which should not have happened. I think what is happening is that your script is terminating successfully because of a bug in the version you are using. However, if you typed things faithfully as they appear, the p625 thing *may* be the problem for you. I use P_625?, which is the command mode prompt, though mailbb should also handle either mode. However it looks like you are timing out first while waithing for 'p625', which is never going to occur. Use Mark's program to dump a copy of the script to paper and see if this is in fact what the problem is. Alternately, you could use Mark's program to edit the script to end at case 6, before it 'EXIT's the bb to check the new uploads. NF> I'M simulating the Quoter Overlay since I cou:dn't get it to NF> work Loaded ur last msg into buffer. Hilited desired quote It takes some getting used to apparently. You are not the first person to have trouble learning it. It will not be released with version 3.00. The Editor has a quoter function built in that is more powerful than the original overlay, and you can go into split screen mode, where the text message, etc. you are quoting is in one window and the communications with the modem are in the other window. It is somewhat easier to use, IMO. NF> BTW, when it gets the list of new uploads does it capture them NF> in the buffer? Yes, but your script never got that far Nate. The timeouts were, as I said above, RTCMaster telling you it was not getting what it wanted. It never got to the point of getting that list. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 44 Fri Jan 20, 1995 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 18:02 EST Here is another suggested improvement for the next RTCM version - if it doesn't already exist that is. Have a capability to disable the sending of a carriage return with every response. To explain- I like to use RTCM on local BBS to capture messages. On those boards with Hot Key capability only the carriage return along with each command causes a skip to the next menue and makes it almost impossible to use the BBS. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 45 Fri Jan 20, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 18:23 EST RK> Have a capability to disable the sending of a carriage return RK> with every response. I use RTCM everywhere too RK, and the ability you desire has been in the program since the beginning. Instead of pressing RETURN when you have typed your response, use SHIFT-RETURN. That will send the buffer but no carriage return. One of the benefits of using RTCM for other areas is that the Ymodem batch uploads work with all BBSs, including the Amiga ones which have given DesTerm problems (through no fault of DesTerm). Incidentally, you can use the same SHIFT-RETURN feature to send several lines of text in conferences if you like, instead of breaking long messages down into several separate sends. If your greeter is on, however, it will trigger GEnie to see the text buffered there waiting for your carriage return. It is nice to have something someone wants already in the program! :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 46 Fri Jan 20, 1995 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 19:37 EST E.G. - Thanks for the offer to test my script. It is esently the same as one you have tested in the past so it would be a waste of your time. CBM-MARK - Ah ha- 'expect and response strings have to be null terminated' Does that mean one can really input only 28 characters? I used 25 in the response string and 4 in the expect string so that must be what caused me the trouble. (I thought 25 and 4 added up to 29 not 31) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 47 Fri Jan 20, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 23:07 EST RK: RK> Does that mean one can really input only 28 characters? I used RK> 25 in the response string and 4 in the expect string Yes, RK, only 28 characters, and that must include the carriage return if one is desired. There is no other way to do it. The logon scripts are rather structured in terms of construction... there are 25 'CASE's each being made up of 5 'sub-cases'. Each sub-case is 30 characters long, making a CASE 150 characters. The expect string is not really limited in size otherwise, but must be null terminated. Same as the reply string, tho the 2 ideally should be 28 characters combined or less. It is possible to get around this limit with the proper coding, but I'm not sure the results would be useful to enough people to make it worth doing. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 48 Fri Jan 20, 1995 CBM-MARK at 23:55 EST I think I know what is going wrong with ScriptMaker. Currently it will allow you to enter only a total of 28 characters for each expect-response string. This allows for the null termination of the expect string and the response string to use up the remaining 2 characters for a total of 30. The way I *think* I make sure that the 30 charater limit is not exceded is by using RIGHT$ string manipulation which I see now if that is the case it could be possible to cut off the null byte terminator of the response string. It's the "<CR>y/n" prompt that allows a 29th character to be entered. The 2 null bytes would added after that giving a total of 31 characters. I'll have to take a closer look at my code and see if I'm correct in what I think I did wrong. That "<CR>y/n" prompt may have to go since an ALT-M will embed a carriage return. As for chaining a number of responses such as "SET 8^mBRO ALL^m", that only works in the BB's on GEnie as far as I know. ~~Mark~~ ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 49 Sat Jan 21, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 09:26 EST That'd do it Mark. :) And is exactly the kind of thing I do all the time w/my programs too. Just takes someone to find it! There is a way to do it that would guarantee things were always right if you are interested... I would make a string consisting of 30 chr$(0)'s. Then, after all creation is done, you could: subcase$=left$(left$(subcase$(x),29)+zstring$,30) I probably dropped a paren somewhere in that, but you probably see what is going on. The bad side of such a technique is that while you would trap entry errors, the user could be doing some serious head-scratching wondering why his stuff was losing 1 character. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 50 Sun Jan 22, 1995 J.BARBER9 [Dan Barber] at 00:03 EST Is RTC m MAster ever going to be on a 64? Dan ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 51 Sun Jan 22, 1995 C128.JBEE at 09:51 EST There will be a newer GEnie terminal program for the C-64, but no RTCM128 type program is planned. I really do not see where anyone can improve much on Novaterm and I rather see everyone send Nick his money instead of splitting the market. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 52 Sun Jan 22, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 11:20 EST If everyone involved was willing to cooperate, I'd be willing to work with Nick if he was interested in doing an overlay or something for NT to emulate some of the stuff that RTCMaster does (like the greeters, etc) but that would presuppose Nick would even be interested in such a thing. Nick has a LOT of stuff crammed into NovaTerm. Even going to ML, the program does a lot and takes a lot of memory. But if there were interest and everyone was agreeable, I'd help as much as possible. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 53 Sun Jan 22, 1995 CBM-MARK at 22:32 EST EB> if you are interested... I would make a string consisting of EB> 30 chr$(0)'s. Then, after all creation is done, you could: EB> subcase$=left$(left$(subcase$(x),29)+zstring$,30) I believe I *do* have a string of 30 chr$(0)'s set up and use something like this to, what I thought, would make things right: subcase$=left$(subcase$(x)+nu$,30) Soon as I get some time this week I'm going to look ScriptMaker over. Sheesh, here I thought I had it working 100% ;> Thanks all for pointing this problem out to me! ~~Mark~~ ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 54 Mon Jan 23, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 05:27 EST Mark: MD> something like this to, what I thought, would make things MD> right: subcase$=left$(subcase$(x)+nu$,30) You probably already saw this, but the example above will correctly pad all strings except one that is 30 characters exactly to start with. Something like this would work, tho.... subcase$=left$(subcase$(x)+nu$,29)+chr$(0) Since no case should be longer than 29 characters anyway.... the text stuff anyway. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 55 Mon Jan 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 07:13 EST The proper way to sign onto GEnie at 9600. Wait for the connect, do not send the HHH, look for either the 9600 or 9600 ARQ prompt, and only send your user ID at the U# prompt. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 56 Tue Jan 24, 1995 C128.JBEE at 03:59 EST Nate, Regarding your fuzzy screen, there was a Magnavox monitor advertised as "CGA" which meant it worked in "CGA" 320x200 mode and it was not well suited for 80 column text and graphics since it had a maximum line resolution of 580 pixels, or somewhere around that figure, instead of 640 pixels per line. So 80 column screens looked fuzzy on that monitor. I just thought I would mention it in case you are banging your head against the wall trying to improve something that you can not. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 58 Tue Jan 24, 1995 D.SMITH123 [doug] at 19:46 EST I I cant get it to work please email thansks ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 59 Tue Jan 24, 1995 CBM-MARK at 22:57 EST Ed, I made a couple of changes to ScriptMaker so now it will *refuse* to allow over 28 characters in an expect-response string, plus the 2 null bytes. Took me longer to fix than I thought it would. A misgiuded GOTO was messing it up for me ;> ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 60 Thu Jan 26, 1995 N.ONEIL [Nate] at 20:59 EST JB> Regarding your fuzzy screen, there was a Magnavox monitor JB> advertised as "CGA" JBEE, thanks for your suggestion. The problem wasn't the monitor but the screen font (Roman, with all the serifs). Screen is clear with CBM font or EASY READ font. BTW, my Magnovox is labeled 'RGB DIDSPLAY 80'. Thanks again. Nate ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 61 Sun Feb 05, 1995 C128.JBEE at 00:39 EST How do I implement 19.2 or 38.4 bps using a null modem adapter. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 62 Sun Feb 05, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 07:35 EST John: JB> How do I implement 19.2 or 38.4 bps using a null modem JB> adapter. As written, you don't. I would have to modify the 'swift.obj' file to allow those options. I don't think it would be that much of a change, but it would have to be assembled. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 63 Sun Feb 05, 1995 D.TUOMI [Doctor] at 07:42 EST I've had some luck with 19.2kbps and 38.4kbps using DesTerm and Dialogue. Although out of the two of them only DesTerm seems to achieve anything close to a full 38.4kbps. Dialogue seems stuck at 1100 cps. Doc. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 64 Mon Feb 06, 1995 C128.JBEE at 00:50 EST Using RTCM128 via a null modem I get almost 1500 cps, using Dialogue 128 at 9600 or 19.2 does not make much difference and I can not get it to go to 38.4 at all. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 65 Mon Feb 06, 1995 C128.JBEE at 00:54 EST Is there anyone using RTCM128 with a 9600 modem? I seem to lose characters at the beginning of topics every once in a while. I have my modem set to both hardware and software flow control and I am wondering if that is the problem. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 66 Mon Feb 06, 1995 G.NOGGLE [Greg] at 01:06 EST Yes I do,and Idon't believe swiftlink uses the hardware handshaking lines. Not sure if that would cause the problem though,I haven't notice that,but I don't use rtcm as reguaallary for the BB as you do. Pretty sure about the hardware shaking not being implemented though ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 67 Thu Feb 09, 1995 C128.JBEE at 03:36 EST I am trying GEnie using the > as the default prompt and also as the overlay prompt. My messages seem to be getting to GEnie okay but while they are being posted the screen fills with garbage characters. my text in the buffer looks like this: set 8 reply 18 Some text here ... and here. *sn It appears to work fine, but just looks wierd while it runs. I am using the editor (thank you Mark!) like so: Control M E control m (modem mode) control backarrow ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 68 Thu Feb 09, 1995 C128.JBEE at 03:59 EST Well, I found out the problem was the <HEL>p prompt and setting it to NONE works so I can automate the posting of all messages, except for starting a topic which gets a bit messed up from the <-------topic name-----> Still, pretty cool and fast :) Now, at 9600, I am missing text and complete topics, but it seems to happen in the same place with the same topics when doing it with READ, but not at 2400. I think maybe the text is coming too quick and GEnie is not responding quick enough to the xon/off? ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 69 Thu Feb 09, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 05:55 EST John: JB> My messages seem to be getting to GEnie okay but while they JB> are being posted the screen fills with garbage characters. Do you have a delay after each character? And you might find it helpful to have the program switch into full duplex while sending to screen all but GEnie's messages. You might also, if you ever get to trying it out, try the script language to do this. As for the 9600 thing... I really have to work on the sl interface code so as to support RTS/CTS. Maybe I'll do that after I finish up what I'm working on right now. If I'm able to finish what I've started, it will be much more useful to more people anyway. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 70 Thu Feb 09, 1995 C128.JBEE at 08:52 EST Yes, I am using the maximum delay (5) and a line delay of 60. I am going to give it another autopilot run later. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 71 Fri Feb 10, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 06:07 EST Try toggline the echo too. That won't help w/lost characters, but it will cut down on the trash onscreen. As I said, I'm going to look into hardware flow control after I'm done w/the project I'm working on now. I am sure it is not that big of a project... but just have to figure out where all it needs to be tied in. :( ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 72 Mon Feb 13, 1995 H.HERMAN1 at 05:34 EST Ed, > I am sure it is not that big of a project... but just have to figure > out where all it needs to be tied in. :( ha! ha! ha! He's said THIS before... :) Howie ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 73 Mon Feb 13, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 07:28 EST :) Long as I keep saying it... :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 74 Tue Feb 21, 1995 E.GBELL [e.g.bell] at 18:28 EST I have just uploaded version 3.00 of RTCMaster. This has been in testing for awhile, and as 2.04, it is no longer available for just downloading. You have to make your arrangements w/Parsec to get it. I do want to say, tho, that there is a brand new overlay which is one of the most powerful I have written in terms of what it does and convenience it offers. I'm not going to tell you what it is just yet... just that I am extremely happy with it and what it does. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 75 Tue Feb 21, 1995 C128-QT.PIE at 20:50 EST p