Subj : Christian Fellowship BBS To : Mike Powell From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Sep 23 2024 07:39:00 Hi Mike! > Here's a strange question: did you install a new modem? Back in my > dial-up dates I replaced a modem to get to (probably) 56K. Booted up: > super-slow baud rate (in fact I think it was 2400 but don't recall). > Checked connections, etc. > Same brand modem, should be the same AT codes, right? Wrong! One of > the old commands was now used to force modem connections at 2400 (or > whatever speed I was getting.) Corrected the command -- wheeeeee!! MP> I did install a new one, but only after I started having major MP> problems. Good reason to get a new one! MP> I did have to change some AT commands. I actually have added MP> something to the init string to try to limit the speed on calls MP> because I know anything above 14.4k is likely not going to work. MP> This modem will only allow me to restrict to 9600 so that is MP> where I have it set. If I try to restrict to 14.4 or 19.2, it MP> will allow calls up to 56k which I know won't work! :D I'm thinking take a good look at the AT strings: maybe one is conflicting or inserted incorrectly - periods and commands can look alike. The other thing is if copied and pasted from 'typewritten' notes the fonts don't always play nice. Here I copy command strings from forums, etc., but a quote marks and hyphens usually don't transfer to Terminal properly: LibreOffice will make the opening and closing double-quote pair 'fancy' with the upward or downward pointings -- command-line stuff doesn't know what to do with those (think they display angled; want the vertical version). The double hyphen (--) is translated to a long hyphen by LibreOffice. It might be good to write down the current AT string(s) and 'translate' to what they mean. The mechanical work causes the brain to think in a different path and sometimes picks up errors overlooked the 'eyeball- looking' way. MP> That said, unlike previous USR modems I have had, I do not think MP> that setting affects inbound calls, which means that callers can MP> try to call at whatever speed they want. I don't recall after all these years! ....I'm going to send you an old article I've kept. May or may not help diagnose the error. Would have sent just the link here but just checked and no longer: domain is for sale. (Or why my hard drive gets filled with stuff 'available on the Internet'.) ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... Saw on news dwarf pickpocketed! How can someone stoop so low? --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .