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For each session you will need to set communication and
terminal settings. Vcomm fills in the defaults for most of the
parameters.
Communication settings are the most important.
You will need to know what comm port your modem is
attached to. Vcomm defaults to com1. Another inportant
setting is the baud-rate. This selects the speed that the
computer 'talks' to your modem. This is NOT the actual line
speed. For a 2400 baud modem its fine to set this to 9600.
For a 14.4 modem you should set this to 38400. And for
a 28.8 modem 57600 or higher is fine.
You should be aware of a potential problem with setting
the baud-rate too high. If you are running an external modem,
be sure that you have a 16550 UART chip. Run 'MSD' from
the Dos prompt to find out what UART chip you have. If MSD
reports an 8250 then your in trouble. With that you will
experience comm errors above 19200. What I suggest is buy
a new UART or IDE controller card that comes with a 16550.
I can't speak for where you live but here a person can buy
an enhanced IDE controller with two 16550 com ports and
a high speed game adapter for about $25.
Most of the other comm settings should be fine by default.
Most BBS systems run on 8 data bits, no parity, and one stop
bit.
You should also set your upload and download paths. These
are the paths that Vcomm will look for files to upload and
place files after downloading them.