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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 19:14:53 +0100
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<shadow AT shadowgard DOT com>
Subject: com speed with m$dos 6.22
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Martin Foster and Leonard Erickson asked me for the type of modem I have.
Well, it's a USRobotics Sportster Voice 33.6 Faxmodem.

As mentioned formerly on/at this forum, I can't reach a higher transfer
rate than 19.200 bps with M$DOS 6.22 + this modem + the ancient German dos
mailer UKA_PPP. This is absolutely insufficient, I mean.

When configuring its WATTCP.CFG with higher rates, the
following screen output will occur:

*---------

at&FL2M2

OK
t-online atdt0191011

CONNECT 31200/ARQ
pktdrvr.bat ppp 2F8 3 115200 60 t-online
Resident size: 87632
coreleft: 2560
COM1 2F8 3: [NS16550A] [rlsd line control] 115200 bps
 MC: int 0  DTR On  RTS On  CTS On  DSR On  RI Off  CD On
 RX: int 0  chars 0  hw over 0  hw hi 0  fifo TO 0  sw over 0  sw hi 0
 TX: int 0  chars 0  THRE TO 0
main: connect ppp0 <--> COM1.
sifdown: IP interface inactive.
main: COM1, carrier lost.
Connection terminated.
PPP link is down, driver not installed.

*---------

The consequence of "main: COM1, carrier lost." is, that the traffic then
will be interrupted, and out of the modem's speaker a constant beep can be
heared for some time.

As mentioned in the forum before, I was bothering about this "COM1" on the
screen, despite the fact, really my modem is on com2, see 2F8 above.

Leonard Erickson <shadow AT shadowgard DOT com> then wanted to help me by mailing
X00 as an attachment to me.

Since my speech output (I am blind) is on com1, I get problems with it when
installing x00 with a general syntax like "LH X00 1".
An example for Desqview in the manual says "X00 0=COM1".
So I tend to using "X00 1=COM2".
But then, I additionally must declare the transfer rate as - for instance -
115200 bps or less, but surely more than 19200!

So, how should my complete command line look alike for
- X00 active on com2 only?
- higher transfer rate than the max 19200 bps under m$dos?

Thanks in advance for a good advice,

Peter

Peter Lindner, Aue Nr. 37, D-91177 Thalmaessing, Tel. +49-9173-1844
... abB! ...