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From: [e-mail] (James K. Huggins)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Modem file for MS-Kermit 3.14 and Compaq
Date: 30 Oct 1995 18:19:16 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
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In article <472n83$[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Frank da Cruz) writes:

   [I wrote:]

   >I just recently picked up a nice new Compaq Presario machine with
   >a Compaq proprietary 14.4 fax/modem.  Any ideas out there as to
   >which of the standard modem files with MS-Kermit is the "best" to
   >use with it?

   >I seem to have reasonable success with the Practical Peripherals
   >script (PPI.SCR), though I needed to add a new option (S35=0) to get
   >my modem to stop sending some goofy tone across the line.  Just
   >wondering if anyone was familiar with the Compaq modems enough to
   >know if there's a better choice.

   I suppose it would be too much to hope for that the modem came with a
   manual or even a reference card.     We hear stories all too often of
   prepackaged internal modems that not only come with no documentation at
   all, but not even a brand name.  So the poor user has no idea what to do
   with it, other than to use the prebundled software, which, of course, only
   runs under the prebundled operating system -- i.e. Windows.  The problem
   is often compounded by PC makers who go for cheap RPI modems rather than
   full-function ones...

Sounds like my experience exactly.  I did manage to get a reference
manual from Compaq by writing and requesting one, which they sent for
free.  But the bloody manual assumes you know far more about the magic
of modems than I do.

(Sheesh.  Every manual I have for this machine is either written for a
novice who's never used a computer before or for a guru who knows
everything there is to know about these systems.  Is there no room for
something in-between?  Happily, I'd classify Kermit's documentation as
one of those few in-between areas.)

Besides, the option which "fixed" my problem (ATS35=0) isn't even
*listed* in the manual I did get ... I found it in a bug report on
Compaq's Web site.  Gotta love them undocumented features.

   Anyway, in case you do have the command list, you can always send it
   in to us so we can at least add it to our pile of new kinds of modems
   to support.

Well ... I'd send it to you, but it'd most likely be wrong, since the
bloody documentation didn't list the feature I used.

But to get back to the story: the default HAYES.SCR works fine,
and tweaking PPI.SCR also seemed to work pretty well.

--
Jim Huggins, Univ. of Michigan                               [e-mail]
"You cannot pray to a personal computer no matter how user-friendly it is."
(PGP key available upon request)                             W. Bingham Hunter