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rea 12-14 nor rea 17-19 nor ************ Topic 12 Wed Jan 26, 1994 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] (Forwarded) Sub: Omnitronix and Bocamodem 2400e 7 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 12 Message 1 Wed Jan 26, 1994 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] (Forwarded) I recently got a used Omitronix RS-232 interface and purchased a new Bocamodem 2400e external modem. I can't seem to be able to address the modem. It uses the HS led (hi speed) as the power led. this is the only LED that lights up. The modem does not respond to AT commands typed from the keyboard. Is there anything special I need to do to get this interface/modem combo to work? I'm used to a 1670. If there is any special command I need enter, someone please let me know, as I lost as to an answer. Any help would be appreciated. Tom Farrell ------------ Category 8, Topic 12 Message 2 Wed Jan 26, 1994 B.KIRKLAND (Forwarded) First of all, what type of program are you using? Bob ------------ Category 8, Topic 12 Message 3 Thu Jan 27, 1994 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) That interface has several settings does it not? I think that maybe the lines are inverted. I think it has a three position switch? RS232, inverted rs232, and serial printer port, or something like that? ------------ Category 8, Topic 12 Message 4 Thu Jan 27, 1994 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] (Forwarded) I have tried several term progams with the interface. The one I use most is CCGMS. I thought that no matter what term I used, if I am in terminal mode I could address the modem with "AT" commands, which I cannot. Also, yes JBEE it has a two posi- tion switch, "printer" and "modem". I tried both positions. ------------ Category 8, Topic 12 Message 5 Fri Jan 28, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Did anyone suggest using upper case letters. I don't think it should matter but it seems to me I have heard cases of that. Also, did you change the baud rate and modem setting, seeing as how you upgraded from a 1670. (Didn't you? :) This might cause the problem of the modem not recognizing the AT commands even from term mode. ------------ Category 8, Topic 12 Message 6 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) > T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] > has a two posi- tion switch, "printer" and "modem". I tried both positions. What are the modem dip switches for and what are they set to? In thinking this over and looking through my own modem manual, I see my modem dip switches can be set to ignore terminal commands. I wonder if one of the dip switches on your modem is set incorrectly. ------------ Category 8, Topic 12 Message 7 Thu Feb 03, 1994 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] (Forwarded) There are NO DIP SWITCHES on or inside this modem,JBEE. I think I have a bad interface, as a co-worker tested the modem at home on his IBM and it worked fine. Thanks for trying to help. ------------ ************ Topic 13 Sat Mar 19, 1994 N.PHI [Toto] at 11:55 EST Sub: LineLink 144e modem with S-Link?? An informal discussion on the LineLink 144e modem. This is a 14,400 bps modem with v.42bis/MNP-5, built specifically for Macintosh but which some C= users have been using on Fido. $99 at MacWarehouse!! 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 13 Message 1 Sat Mar 19, 1994 N.PHI [Toto] at 12:16 EST Hello, folks! I am quite new to GEnie (so please forgive any slips), but I have been a FidoNet user for a few months. I frequent the CBM, CBM-128 and CBM- GEOS Echoes. This is where I found out about this cheap 14,4 modem - more and more C= users were buying this modem for high-speed communications. I do know for a fact that with SwiftLink, a DB 9-25 cable, and the right settings for either DesTerm (2.00 & 2.01) or Dialogue, this modem works just fine with the 64 and 128. I just got the modem (two days to ship from Ohio to Alberta) and am waiting for the SL... The price of $99 plus shipping is just unnbeatable!! Such that I unwittingly convinced one of the RTC members to order one on the spot. This unit comes with a Mac-specific cable and software disk, along with a pretty but incomplete manual. The case is all-white, and is approximately the size of a 1541-II drive (but a bit lower). I'm sure there will be people anxious to find out more about this bargain modem. New info will be posted here when available. I just wonder how the guys at CMD will feel about one of their frequent customers spreading news like this... :-) ------------ Category 8, Topic 13 Message 2 Sat Mar 19, 1994 L.SCHONDER [C128.LOU] at 18:17 EST I think CMD would love to sell more swiftLinks! :D ------------ Category 8, Topic 13 Message 3 Sun May 08, 1994 A.COWEN at 03:29 EDT Well, I ordered a LineLink by calling the MacWarehouse, and asking them if they sold an IBM version, instead of the Mac version. They said "No", but they transfered me to their IBM division, and I got an IBM model!! I didn't need the cable that I orderedwith my SwiftLink because the IBM model comes with a db 9 adapter. I've had some MINOR problems getting used to setting the registers, but on the whole, the LineLink has performed very well. My only complaint is the poor "s" register documentation... none!! I'm using Dialogue 2.2d-SL, and it works 100% better with rts/cts implemented than with x-on/x-off. I regularly am able to log on to a local Amiga board at 14.4, with rock-solid file transfers. TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen... Dialogue 2.2d-SL ------------ Category 8, Topic 13 Message 4 Tue May 10, 1994 N.PHI [Toto] at 09:04 EDT To Kirk Cowen: I must agree: the documentation to the LineLink 144e modem is really sub- standard. Luckily, I had an old 2400-bps modem with S-register tables, and they seemed to match my LineLink fairly well. (I understand that this is probably a coincidence...) If you check the C= uploads over the past week, you will find a text file in .SFX format that fully documents the registers - this came from the manufacturer of the LL144e itself. Might be of use! ------------ ************ Topic 14 Sun Dec 12, 1993 W.WIESE [WES256] (Forwarded) Sub: Help on 9600 genie modem problem I have a US Robotics 9696 Worldport Fax/Data external modem for my AST lapop and I'm having trouble with Genie 9600 garbled text.I noticed that Genie only supports 9600/V32/NONE in both IBM and COMM connects. 7 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 14 Message 1 Sun Dec 12, 1993 W.WIESE [WES256] (Forwarded) Other bbs I've connected to at 9600 (including Compuserve) support 9600/ARQ/V32/LAPM. Others support these and V42BIS, and I have no problem with garbled text on those. I'v tried the 800 line and local 9600 access numbers, on both computers with the same garbled text at sign-on. I'v tried 7-1-E and 8- 1-N. Full and Half duplex. Any Suggestions ??? ------------ Category 8, Topic 14 Message 2 Sun Dec 12, 1993 W.WIESE [WES256] (Forwarded) I am using Procomm+ for Windows on the Laptop and Desterm2.0 on the 128 with a Swiftlink Cartridge.I'v also tried different cables,initialization strings, etc. PS I7m using a H'm using a Hayes 2400 Pocket Edition now, it's so slow....The USRobotics is only a tad bit bigger and a lot quicker... Would appreciate any help from the Resident Telecom. Guru....Thanx ------------ Category 8, Topic 14 Message 3 Sun Dec 12, 1993 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) This is one I am gonna have to defer to others.... :( I connect most everyplace these days at 14.4k with the Supra and Dialogue 128. The only place I still run at 2400 is here on GEnie. The pricing structure just does not make fast modems cost effective, so I have never tried anything over 2400. I suppose if I ever used up the basic 4 hours it would then make sense to do things faster on-line. Howie ------------ Category 8, Topic 14 Message 4 Sun Dec 12, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) I use both RTCM 128 and Dialogue 128 to connect to GEnie with a Courier V32 and I always make a 9600 ARQ connection. 8-n-1 (both full and half) Here is the string I send to the modem: AT&K0 &M0 &N8 &H3 E0 F1 B0 DT8685284 (area code 617) I also send a "hhhhh" vs. "hhh" &N8 is what tells the modem to use 14.4 (but will default to 9600 when connecting to GEnie). ------------ Category 8, Topic 14 Message 5 Tue Dec 14, 1993 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) JBEE, What is ARQ? And what are &N8, &H3 and F1 doing? Howie ------------ Category 8, Topic 14 Message 6 Tue Dec 14, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) ARQ = Automatic Repeat Request Error control where the modem will automatically resend or receive new data packets if there was a mistake in the previous one. Basically the modems send the information in packets with a CRC and if the CRC does not check out, the sending modem resends the packet until it gets it right. Best thing is the modem does not resend a whole packet but just from the bad frame forward. F1 = online echo off (full duplex) &N8=14.4 bps &H3 = use both hardware and software flow control ------------ Category 8, Topic 14 Message 7 Sun Dec 19, 1993 W.WIESE [WES256] (Forwarded) I found the problem - no arq/mnp error correction. I sent the initilazation string of At&A3&K0&M4S27=32,and has corrected the gabled characters problem at 9600 baud with USR Worldport 9696 modem. Connect now with 9600/ARQ/V32/MNP. Hope this helps !!!! ------------ 8 ************ Topic 17 Sat Aug 14, 1993 M.SEABRUM (Forwarded) Sub: GM-BBS V4.0 GM-BBS package. A package for BBS programmers. 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 17 Message 1 Sat Aug 14, 1993 M.SEABRUM (Forwarded) If you are a programmer, trying to learn about programming a BBS, I urge you to get a registered copy of this BBS when it is released. Updates and upgrades will try to me made. I'm not promising anything since it will be my first year in college. You can see the BBS in action by calling GM-BBS HEADQUARTERS at: (517) 754- 1276 from 9pm-7am EST! 300/1200/2400??? If you want a registered copy then call and mention you seen this BBS on Genie. I will give only 10 copies. So the first 10 callers get copies free. Just leave feedback and I will be sure to get the program to you once it has been released. This is a very neat BBS package.. Auto BBS Maint, Call-back Validator, Games, Utilites, Files, etc.. Hopefully Networking in the next version. I'm the only person working on this thing, so things will progress slowly.. Thanks and give the BBS a call! ------------ Category 8, Topic 17 Message 2 Thu Aug 26, 1993 M.SEABRUM (Forwarded) Hello. I'm pleased to say that GM-BBS V4.0 is now on GENie. Thank you. ------------ ************ Topic 18 Fri Aug 13, 1993 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] (Forwarded) Sub: Minimodem C24 garbeled text Just got a used Minimodem C24 and get thngs like:prfss for press and:enver for enter.Help! 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 1 Fri Aug 13, 1993 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] (Forwarded) Text reads:Enver the topic suaject for Enter the topic subject, and Prfss<RETURN> for press<RETURN>. This has happened with several telecom programs. I plan to use Multiterm128v3.7 Can anyone offer any suggestions to solve this problem? Thanks! ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 2 Fri Aug 13, 1993 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) 12Paws: TP> Text reads:Enver the topic suaject for Enter the topic subject, TP> and Prfss<RETURN> for press<RETURN>. This has hppened with TP> several telecom programs. It sounds like your terminal program is not handling 2400 very well. Line noise would cause much worse than what you are seeing. A program that can't handle 2400 baud as well as it should would cause what you are seeing. I would suggest trying a different program, perhaps DesTerm or RTCMaster, both available on GEnie. Both handle 2400 baud just fine. Both are more up-to-date than MultiTerm also in terms of features and protocols. ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 3 Sun Aug 15, 1993 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] (Forwarded) Thanks,CBM-ED. Do you,or anyone for that matter, know of an easy way to set up Desterm2.0. There are so many options/settings that could be made, it makes the head spin! I only access GEnie. I use CCGMS at 1200bd because it is so simple to setup and to use, even though it saves files as the wrong type. It put up with it because the program is easy. Any help setting up Desterm would be appreciated. Thanks, again! ------------ Category 8, Topic 18 Message 4 Sun Aug 15, 1993 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) TF: TF> Thanks,CBM-ED. Do you,or anyone for that matter, know of an TF> easy way to set up Desterm2.0. There are so many TF> options/settings that could be made, it makes the head spin! TF> I only access GEnie. That information is in one of these DesTerm topics I know because I posted it when Rose was having trouble getting her scripts to work. I don't recall where tho, but if you are willing to spend the time, you might check the topics. It would be about a year or so old now. If you find this too much, I'll check, tho I can't this minute cuz I have to log off. Essentially, there are only 4 or 5 of the settings you actually have to concern yourself with when setting DesTerm for GEnie. Alternately, you could try RTCMaster, which has less settings to worry about and was written for use mainly here on GEnie. (It is available in the libraries here on GEnie) ------------ ************ Topic 19 Sat Jul 31, 1993 J.BARBER9 [dan barber] (Forwarded) Sub: How do you lower phone bills? Does anyone have any ideas how to lower there phone bills. Mine are murder. It severly limites my time online. Thaks in advance. 13 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 1 Sat Jul 31, 1993 GULLIBLE [Jon] (Forwarded) Ummm... Move to someplace with a local GEnie node? :) Seriously, I suggest checking with your long distance carrier and see if they have any calling plans that could reduce your bill. ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 2 Sat Jul 31, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) Sprintnet is only $2 extra per hour? What I have it is called "metro" service and it lets me call for $30 a month (unlimited time) any city within 30 miles (like Boston, MA) without any long distance or connect charges. Usually local phone companies list calling plans in the front of the phone book or you have to call and pry it out of them. GEnie also has 1-800 lines for $9 an hour if your long distance charges are through the roof or if you live in a rural area. ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 3 Sat Aug 07, 1993 CAPT.CARL [Carl] (Forwarded) Thre ere is always PC Pursuit from SprintN , too. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 4 Sun Aug 08, 1993 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) I have a metropolitan service in my area. It is like $30 a month, but I have 2 teenagers in my house and my wife's family is VERY close, so it has proven to be well worth it for just that. And I call different boards locally that are not quite local as far as the phone company iis concerned, but the metropolitan service covers them. Another way you can cut time down online is to do some of the stuff ofline. For example, using RTCmaster, you could create a log on script to log on, capture your mail and new BB messages, then log you off. Then you could spend time offline reading all of that, and even creating replies which you could then call back and use the *up command to send. Howie posted a very nicely detailed description of how to do this elsewhere in the BB. I would direct you there, but I don't remember where it is at at the moment. One PRIME way to save some time online, and this implies nothing about anyone, is to read the instructions as it were for GEnie. There have always been shortcuts and ways of doing things to speed up things you do here. Learn them to minimize the time and maximize what you do. These are not all the answers, but they are a start. ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 5 Sun Aug 08, 1993 J.BARBER9 [dan barber] (Forwarded) Thanks for all the imput. I am going to try some of the ideas here. Thanks again! :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 6 Mon Aug 09, 1993 D.TUOMI [Doctor] (Forwarded) How can you get more information about PC Pursuit? Doc. ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 7 Mon Aug 09, 1993 HOWIE-CBM (Forwarded) For PC Pursuit try calling: 1-800-736-1130 or: 1-800-755-1056 or if by modem: (212) 645-0560 After transmitting the usual: @ D and D1, transmit C PURSUIT to connect to their bulletin board. Howie ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 8 Mon Aug 16, 1993 A.PAGLIACCI [Albert] (Forwarded) Hi :) Another way to lower phone bills is to join a long distance reseller. They usually charge a flat rate each month to make an unlimited number of calls to areas close by that are not within your local calling area. I've heard that it could save a lot of money depending on the number of long distance calls you make. Try looking in the Yellow Pages under Long Distance or look for ads in the newspaper. Good luck :) Al ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 9 Mon Sep 06, 1993 P.KELLER5 [Diesel II] (Forwarded) Another way to lower those phone bills is call a long distance number outside your state. Calling out of state is usually cheaper than in state. Also, maybe use the long distance discount plans. Or move to a local number! :D ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 10 Mon Sep 06, 1993 F.OGLE [Color BBS] (Forwarded) I speak with vast experience -- 2 lines, family in California (I'm in Baltimore, Maryland -- About 40 miles from DC), a seperate BBS line 50-60 networking nodes, etc ... First and foremost, I'd say get a calling plan. I use reach out America and reach out World (MCI, Sprint & others offer similar plans too, but since I haven't done business with either, I can only give you the "dope" on AT&T). RAM is $8.70 per month, and thatcovers your first 60 minutes, any additional minutes (after 10 pm) anywhere in the USA cost me $.10 per minute. The savings isn't quite as much (but there is some) between 5-10 pm. This plan suits me ideally because all my network activity is done in the 12-1 am range. RWO charges different rates for various countries, but 99% of my calls outside of the USA are to Canada, and as long as I call between 5pm-10am, it cost me only $.18 per minute. Of course, your mileage varies :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 11 Mon Sep 06, 1993 M.COLWELL1 [MattMan] (Forwarded) I may be repeating another responce but.... Have you tried using Wizard, or Aladdin (IBM). Aladdin is nice, but it means that i have 'ta transfer anything I download onto my 64 with big blue reader. Anyways, both will check your mail for you, then log off. Have you considered a 9600 baud modem? GEnie charges more for 9600 connection, but that charge may be less that you long distance charges. ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 12 Mon Sep 20, 1993 P.KELLER5 [Diesel II] (Forwarded) If you are calling in state long distance, change to out of state long distance. I have heard (and I belive it too) that calling long distance out of your state is much cheaper. Or move to a town with the free number. ------------ Category 8, Topic 19 Message 13 Mon Sep 20, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) > Or move to a town with the free number. Now that is what I "call" addicted :D Seriously, I know I mentioned it before, but calling on the GEnie 1-800 WATS line at 9600 (or even 2400) is sometime much cheaper than other methods of connecting and if you do everything with batch files, like using BRO NOR and uploading your messages and e-mail (instead of composing online) during non-peak hours, it is the way to go. ------------ 8