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- I purchased your modem 2 weeks ago at Future Shop in Edmonton. I use
- it primarily with Winsock/Netscape 1.1 for a PPP Internet connection
- to my business office's T1 Internet Connection. It works
- wonderfully for this and I am very happy.
-
- Now the bad news. I called my favorite local BBS (Programmer's Guild)
- this morning, which uses Ripterm V1.54. While using Zmodem to
- download 2 files, I received the following errors:
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- 1.) Sending a new file off-set!!!
- 2.) GETPAD: Incoming Garbage
-
- The remote host cancelled the download after 200 errors. I contacted
- the sysop (Bob Akaye), to confirm that BBS was not the cause of the
- problem. He confirmed this and asked me to verify that I am using
- the following Ripterm/modem settings:
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- Ripterm settings:
- Port Lock ON
- Baud Rate 38800
- RTS/CTS ON
-
- Modem Init string:
- AT &C1 &D2 E1 V1 X$ ^M
-
- I confirmed this, then told him I would try the following to
- isolate the problem:
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- 1.) Use Xmodem and Ymodem protocol to download
- 2.) Re-install Ripterm V1.54 if necessary
- 3.) Install newer version of Ripterm if necessary.
-
- I tried downloading using Xmodem AND Ymodem protocols and they
- worked without error! At this point I knew it has something to do
- with the way the modem works with the Zmodem protocol. I used to own
- a Creatix 14.4 internal modem which died on me after two years of use,
- but it always worked with this BBS, even 2 weeks ago, just before it
- died.
-
- The next thing I tried was Procomm Plus and Zmodem downloads from
- freenet.edmonton.ab.ca. I received 67 "BAD CRC" error messages down-
- loading a 1 meg file. Okay, I thought that would happen. Then I
- tried a different protocol. The only others they support are 2
- flavors of Kermit. I downloaded the same file that Zmodem failed
- with, but this time I used Kermit (standard) and Long Block
- Super Kermit. The downloads were flawless. Okay, so I know its
- still the way the modem is working with the Zmodem protocol. As
- another point of reference, I used my Creatix modem 2 weeks ago for
- flawless Zmodem downloads, so I know the problem isn't with Freenet.
-
- If you're still reading, (pheew!), you now realize why I am
- contacting you. I have a LOT of experience with communications
- software and hardware. I have isolated the problem as described
- above. I am guessing that you may have probably received this support
- request from others; I trust that you have a fix for this.
-
- Extra information that you may find useful:
- My PC is an IPC with an Intel 386DX 25 Mhz,
- AMI BIOS, Maxtor 240 Meg hard drive, Panasonic 2X CD-ROM drive, Sound
- Blaster Pro, and 4 meg of RAM, with DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1. It is
- a very stable (as stable as 3.1 gets) platform which has given me
- thousands of hours of reliable service over the past 4 years. To
- date, this is the most serious compatability problem I have
- experienced.
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- Thank you in advance for your prompt assistance.
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