CompuServe Messages

The modem saying "16550 UART compatable" is no different than a local clone-maker saying that his 486 comes with a 8k on-processor cache! — it's just marketing-hype. All modems are 16550 compatable 'cause the 16550 is backwards compatable with its predecessors. Your SOFTWARE, on the other hand, needs to be 16550 compatable — and TAPCIS is (that's what I'm using) — though you have to Some of the various diag-software will tell you what UART chip you have – like Norton, Check-It, etc. There are also some programs you can dl from the IBMCOMM forum that would tell you. If you are running a 9600+ modem, and you set your DTE<–>DCE (PC/modem) connection above 9600 (mine is set to 38.4) you CAN'T do without a 16550. You know, CIS is really a WAN, and it's possible that the computer that ASOFT is on is in a different location than the machines the other forums you frequent are on, and that there's some dubious connection somewhere — or it could just be that the ASOFT files tend to be larger thus giving errors more chance to occur. Or you get on ASOFT always at a certain time of day when something electromagnetic somewhere is producing interference. The point is that when something HAS gone wrong in the past with the ASOFT libraries (like about a month ago), EVERYBODY is leaving messages about it pronto, all over the place! I really hope you find an answer — I know how frustrating comm problems are: we have a sister office in Aluquerque, and my counterpart has the same modem and the same software (PCPLUS) as I — and we've sat down and gone through all the modem and software settings one-by-one — yet he can't connect with me if I'm in PCPLUS's host mode. I can connect with his, but not the other way around — he just gets garbage. He can call me if I manually put the modem in answer mode. <I'm getting steamed just typing about it! <g>> Good Luck. Dave