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Started by dbot... Douglas J. Bottoms
Sun, 19 Mar 1995 21:55
Descent v1.2 BUG?
Author: dbot... Douglas J. Bottoms
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 21:55
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 21:55
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Descent gamers, I'm having a problem with v1.2 Shareware. I can't get a modem game started. I have a USRobotics 28.8 external. If you have one, and have no problems, please share. The person I'm calling has a cheap 9600 baud modem (came in the Packard Bell 11CD from Best Buys, for those playing at home). The bugs? Well, on my machine, I can change the radio button selections for my baud rate, and com port on the "Com Settings" dialog once I've made one change - that is whatever I first set it to, that's it. Fortunetly, the default settings when I install seem to be what I want, so I just reinstalled, and it worked better. HOWEVER!!!! When I called my friend, she was able to connect just fine, but I get an error saying that I must connect at or above 9600 baud inorder to play Descent. This is very frustrating, since I have the radio button set to 19200 baud. Thinking that perhaps the "ATZ" default modem init string wans't enough, I tried "AT &F &N6". The &F reset the modem to factory settings, and &N6 forced a 9600 baud connection or it hangs up. It always hangs up, which tells me that for some reason I'm not connecting at 9600 or greater. I've sent a note to Tech support, but it's Sunday, here in Indianpolis, IN. If you know how to fix my problem, or want further information and you think you can help, please email me ASAP!!! I'm at dbot...@iquest.net. Thank you for reading... Sincerely, Douglas J. Bottoms dbot...@iquest.net dbot...@lilly.com
Re: Descent v1.2 BUG?
Author: virt...
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 18:33
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 18:33
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dbot...@iquest.net (Douglas J. Bottoms) writes: >Descent gamers, >called my friend, she was able to connect just fine, but I get an error >saying that I must connect at or above 9600 baud inorder to play Descent. This error message is generated if the modem gives a connect message with a baud rate less than 9600. So apparently your modem returned a string of "CONNECT 2400" or somesuch. Setting the DTE rate in Descent does not affect the connect rate, only the maximum connect rate. I'd suggest loading a terminal program, using the same init string EXACTLY, and call your friend. Then see what the connect message is. It is possible that the USR is returning a more verbose string than Descent can parse, but I doubt it. Descent has no problem dealing with connect strings like CONNECT 9600/ARQ/LAP-M etc.. I suspect the problem is either a bad phone line or your friends modem not negotiating a good rate with your modem. ---- Robert Huebner
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