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From: nl012@un.seqeb.gov.au ( NEIL LOVELY)
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Subject: Re: MSKermit 3.14 & Toshiba 460CDT internal modem
Date: 10 Sep 1997 00:02:26 GMT
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Frank da Cruz (fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
: :
: And you're sure this is a letter O and not a digit zero?
positive
: What operating system are you running MS-DOS Kermit under? If it's any
: variety of Windows -- as it probably is, since who runs DOS on a laptop
: these days -- you're probably being thwarted by Windows' port hardware
: emulation. If you can boot DOS (rather than Windows) and MS-DOS Kermit
: works OK at 38400, that would confirm this theory, and there isn't much
: you can do about it other than switch to Kermit 95 if your laptop is
: running Windows 95, NT, or OS/2:
We run a kermit script under DOS 6.20 to dial-in to work from home.
: On the other hand, if it doesn't work under DOS either, then we have a
: whole panoply of additional possibilities. Perhaps the modem's baud-rate
: detection mechanism doesn't work at 38400. I have seen many modems that
: fall into this category, although most of them are some years old. For
: example, to use most Telebit models at higher speeds, one had to first
: connect at a low speed, get it to recognize AT and give an OK, and then
: tell it (by setting an S-register) to switch to 57600 or whatever.
: Another more sinister possibility is that it is a Winmodem, RPI modem,
: or the like and can't be operated by MS-DOS Kermit at all because it is
: a DOS application (but that would not necessarily explain why it appears
: to work at 2400 bps -- but does it really? The fact that you can type
: AT and get OK doesn't necessarily mean it can make a connection.)
This internal modem connects perfectly with SPEED set to 2400. It
has successfully made a connection at 28800 to another modem connected to
a unix box.
: The list goes on, there is no point in enumerating all the possibilities
: here. So first try it in DOS and if that doesn't work then consult your
: modem manual (if there is one -- preinstalled internal modems these days
This Toshiba laptop certainly came with a modem manual ;-)
: rarely come with manuals -- you're lucky yours even has a brand name...)
: and send further details by email to kermit-support@columbia.edu.
Thanks for the initial ideas.
Neil
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Neil Lovely |
Computer Support Engineer | e-mail : nl012@un.seqeb.gov.au
South East Queensland Electricity Board | Phone : +61 7 223 4256
GPO Box 1461 Brisbane Q 4001 Australia | Fax : +61 7 221 7556