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- IceZmodem Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
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- Q: Why should I register my copy of IceZmodem? I am already very satisfied
- with it like it is!
- A: Because the people who work at IceSoft Software need to make a living.
- Bringing you innovative software like IceZmodem is their job. It is unfair
- that they do not get paid for their many years of hard work on a software
- program. The same goes for the distributors of IceZmodem- everybody needs
- to make money to earn a living. IceSoft Software is a struggling company
- that is barely on the map. Yet if you continue to use and benefit from
- IceZmodem without paying for it, you are personally hurting everybody at
- IceSoft Software that strives to bring you quality software like
- IceZmodem.
-
- Q: How efficient is IceZmodem?
- A: IceZmodem with TurboTrans enabled and 6144 byte block size introduces less
- overhead into the file transfer than any other Zmodem file transfer
- protocol. It has an extremely efficient protocol engine capable of sending
- over 1640 cps on an 8086 class machine and over 5800 CPS on an 80386 class
- machine.
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- Q: How do I enable TurboTrans?
- A: TurboTrans automatically comes on when the remote computer is running
- IceZmodem.
-
- Q: What is that flashing FLOW CONTROL or XOFF FLOW message I see?
- A: That means that your computer is sending data too fast to the remote
- computer and your computer is pausing to let the remote system catch
- up. This is perfectly normal and indicates that hardware or software
- handshaking is working fine.
-
- Q: Help me! I keep getting errors in the transfer at routine intervals!
- For example, an error occurs exactly every 15k or 32k.
- A: You are running a slow disk cache program such as SMARTDRV.EXE. You
- may be able to solve it by issuing the command SMARTDRV /X to turn off
- the delayed write caching which hogs processor cycles which is not
- good during high speed file transfers. Turning on Hardware Handshaking
- and Slow Handshake in IZMSETUP may help as well provided you have a
- 16550 UART. If all else fails, you should try to switch to a more
- efficient disk cache program, preferably one which uses faster EMS
- instead of the slower XMS, or turn the disk cache off before IceZmodem
- loads.
-
- Q: Help me! IceZmodem won't work! It loads fine but then it says "Waiting
- for receiver" or "Waiting for sender" and on the remote computer, all
- I see is garbage on the screen! What should I do?
- A: IceZmodem is unable to detect your com port speed. You must add the
- SPEED command to your command line followed by the speed that the
- com port is open at. The reason IceZmodem probably can't automatically
- detect the speed is that you have the com port open at 115200 bps which
- no software is able to auto-detect. This problem can be solved by
- opening the com port at 57600 bps or adding SPEED 115200 right after the
- PORT command.
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- Q: Does IceSoft Software accept credit cards?
- A: Yes! Call (716) 823-5280 voice to order IceZmodem using your
- Mastercard or VISA. Refer to EUROPE.REG to order from Europe.
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- Q: What does Beta5 or Beta6 mean?
- A: IceZmodem is not a fully developed program yet. It is still in Beta
- Testing which is a stage in software development where the program
- is tested on a variety of different platforms, environments and
- conditions by the general public. The general public is expected
- to report back to IceSoft Software with any problems, comments,
- suggestions, and complaints that they have regarding the software.
- The number after Beta is the release number. Beta6 is a newer
- version of the software than Beta5. Yet Beta6 still has many bugs
- that have not yet been discovered.
-
- Q: My computer locks up when I play a MOD file. What's going on?
- A: You have the sampling rate set too high in IZMSETUP! Keep lowering
- it a couple slots until your computer no longer runs erratically.
-
- Q: My computer seems to run slow when IceZmodem is running and I get a
- lot of errors in the transfer. What is going on?
- A: First, make sure you have CTS/RTS (Hardware) Handshaking turned on
- in IZMSETUP. If you still get errors in the transfer, try lowering
- your COM port speed to 19200 or 38400. If you still get errors after
- that, try the test again but do not press any keys during the file
- transfer. If you find that the errors only occur when you hit a key
- on the keyboard, try turning the "Give COM Ports Highest Priority"
- option on in IZMSETUP. Also, try setting the FIFO Trigger Level to
- 1 in the "Use 16550" option in IZMSETUP. You may also want to check
- to see if any TSRs or disk cache programs are hogging your processor
- cycles and not leaving enough for IceZmodem to run fast enough.
-
- Q: I get a "Can't Initialize Protocol (Error #8)" when IceZmodem tries
- to run!
- A: You need to free up a few more kilobytes of memory. IceZmodem
- couldn't find enough memory to install the 7k communications
- buffer.
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