#Trouble Down Loading
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Help! I am having trouble Bownloading from Compuserve. The Problem: When I goto
Download from compuserve using Quick B or Bplus I either Time Out or must wait
until I see Gibberish on the screen and then down load. I I cna download I must
then hang up because all I can see is gibberish. when I can acive a transfer I
can only do one and that goes 1230 CPS! The Comm Programs: Either Term 4.2 or
Ncomm 3 The Platform: Amiga 500+ 1 meg chip (2meg Agnus), 2 meg Fast(Alfa Ram
external), OS 2.1, ADIde internal 130 meg HD (15msec), 7e1, full duplex,
RTS/CTS handshaking, 8k buffer. No commodites running for these results
USR Robotics 14.4 Fax Modem Setup as : B0X4 & A3 &H1 &K3 &R2 &S0 &S28=20 INIT
STRING: ATZ &F0 <CR> Note: I can achive Regular File Tranfers using Zmodem on a
local board. I can also Reach Full speed (1600-1700 CPS)
Sam,
You'll have better luck downloading if you change your serial setting to
8N1. You will also want to set your term program to "strip high bit".
The problem is that most Amiga software doesn't handle 7-bit (7e1) settings
properly for binary file downloads — it's not really the software authors'
fault, as the architecture of the Amiga isn't really designed to switch serial
settings (like byte format) in the middle of a session.
Hope this helps….
– BobR
Sam,
I also experienced the same problems you had using TERM. The other replies
addressed your main problem. I would also like to mention that Quick-B
protocal doesn't work as well (for me) as B+ when I use
TERM for downloads from CIS. GOOD LUCK!
RWJ