CompuServe Messages

Yes I use a full 25 wire ribbon cable. But program hangs long before trying modem. No pulldown menu works. I can pull down the list of selections, but nothing happens after selecting one with the mouse. The same with Right-Amiga commands. Typing the command results in no action. Even trying to exit fails. (I have to reboot.) I have not had this problem before with ANY other software. I do not have the dreaded 6.0 or 6.1 revision of the A2000 motherboard, but have the older but "safe" version 4.3. I am running V1.3 of AmigaDos complete with fat Agnus etc. My curent modem program is the very first release of Online! I downloaded Backtalk with hopes of getting a first class up-to-date Rexx supported modem program without paying the $69 dollars for the latest "Platinum" version of Online! It appears that there is an obscure bug in Backtalk that affects only certain configurations (such as mine) since other message in this SIG attest to user satisfaction. I have double-checked the presence of the required librarys in my libs: directory and they are all present. I am not a computer novice but have been a Professor of Computer Science (as well as of Fine Arts as I am now). Alas, if I can't get BT working in a couple of weeks I will have to buy a newer copy of Online! But perhaps you will figure out what is wrong either with my copy or my configuration. It is strange that I don't get any error messages. But then, since I did not write BT I do not know what error handling routines are included in the software. Having specialized in developing public access hyper-media kiosks I am grateful that the original v1.0 Online! has served me well for five years and two Amigas. Regards — Eric Somers