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CsNav

    25-Feb-94 13:57:49
Sb: CsNav
Fm: M. G. BATCHELOR 71532,1214
To: John Tissavary 71054,15
>>I can only think that you are not setting up the session settings or *.spf correctly. Are you sure you have a script that will get you into any of the services? Hi John, Sorry about the screwy mssg. last night – had a bad day, line noise, etc.. After so many years, If I can't get a piece of s/w to perfrom relatively quickly, I get *very* upset. Communications software/hardware has given me the worst time, in what little experience I have with it. An associate gave me this modem end of last year (no manual), but had been successful with it and Hayes Smartcom for Windows and Crosstalk for DOS. Since running the terminal emulation gets me logged on to CIS, where I can then take over manually, I suppose it must be the script or something else obscure to me. It was *very* late after a long frustrating day trying to get the DVORAK navigator to work. However, the scripts seem pretty straightfoward if you've used CIS before. Plus, I used the mail script that came with it and just told it to get all mail – period. I don't grasp the "passes" yet though. I can't stand s/w with on-line help only unless you've got 2 machines side-by-side ! Not very practical other than for reference *after* you've read a printed manual. On the script editor side I have : Sessions Settings (must work in order to get on manually via Term.Emu.?) Compuserve Mail Hierarchy for Mail (receive all mail) Yet, something as simple as this doesn't work as I explained last night, and immediatedly disconnects after apparently logging on successfully. I tried from preview, run 1 pass, and just run. I'm going to start over today fresh, weaving my way through the on-line help threads. >> I can e-mail a sample script to you if you want. That would be wonderful if you would be so kind. I really appreciate it. I feel SOOOOOO stupid. Never fooled with this sort of thing much. Last time was when 2400 baud was blazing ! Only other time, 300 baud was the only game in town (early-mid '80's). B/T/W, for "experienced communicators" such as yourself <g>, the dvorak product *LOOKS* better now that I've seen both on the surface. There is 2 versions for DOS/WINDOWS each – SE & TE. Don't waste d/l time with the SE. TE is 30-day non-desctructive bomb (like neutron). Thanks again. Regards, Bill