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- While the PC Bios Interrupt 14 supports only speeds up to 9600 baud, the
- NWC Interrupt 14 supports much higher speeds. Terminate is 100% PC Bios
- 100% compatible, so it will only support 9600 baud.
- Therefore, Terminate will think that the speed is 9600 baud even when you
- might be connected at a much faster rate. Don't let the statusbar fool you
- :-) There are new program out there that allow you to use the fossil
- support over the network, which will allow you to much higher baud rates.
-
- The first thing to do is to create a new device in Terminate:
- At the main screen, press ALT-O and choose Communcation setup. There you
- should choose a device which is not in use and set the following:
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- Serial interface = Interrupt 14h
- Comport = (A free com-port)
- Device Name = Netware Connect
- Baudrate = 9600 (doesn't matter)
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- Then press ESC to return to the previous menu, where you press space if you
- want Netware Connect to be your default port. Press ESC twice to exit the
- options menu and then quit Terminate.
-
- Contact your system administrator to obtain the following information:
- - the name of the server where the NWC resides
- - the name of the group of modems you can use and
- - the path to the NWC-programs (NASI and NINT14).
- You will also have to ask him to grant you access rights to use the modems.
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- According to this information, add the directory for the NWC-programs to
- the PATH statement of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot the computer. Create a
- batch file (easier than always using the command line) which automaticly
- makes a NASI-connection and creates an INT-14 interface to Terminate.
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- Here is a sample batchfile to load NASI, Novell INT 14 before launching
- Terminate and unloading the drivers after exiting Terminate.
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- ----- NASITERM.BAT -----
- @ECHO OFF
- REM Don't echo commands on screen
- REM Load the NASI-interface and prompt you for a username
- lh NASI
- REM Load the interrupt 14 interface
- REM /Ncorp1 'corp1' is the name of the server where NWC resides
- REM /Gpool1 'pool1' is the name of the modem-group you use.
- REM /C2 '2' is the comport number (the free one you have chosen
- REM in Terminate).
- REM /I Ignore commands from Terminate (to allow higher speeds
- REM than 9600 baud).
- lh NINT14 /Ncorp1 /Gpool1 /C2 /I
- REM Load Terminate
- TERMINAT
- REM Unload the interrupt 14 interface.
- NINT14 /U
- REM Unload the NASI-interface.
- NASI /U
- REM Finished.
- ----- NASITERM.BAT -----
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- NASITERM has a significant drawback: If NINT14 fails to load, Terminate
- will act strange. As NINT14 doesn't return an errorlevel, you'll have to
- notice yourself if the driver has not been loaded and maybe check whether
- Terminate should be launched. If you should use a DOS version prior to 6.0,
- you will not have such an utility, but there are plenty to be found in the
- shareware and freeware market.
-
- The same procedure should be followed under OS/2. With newer versions of
- the Netware Requester, you'll have to load NINT14 under the boot-image of a
- DOS-disk.
- Novell has released a preconfigured image-file for use under OS/2 on
- Netwire.
-
- Allan Beaufour
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