Re: LF: Troubles with Fterm
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Re: LF: Troubles with Fterm
Most modems have an s-register (for my supra 28.8 it's S37) which you can
set so that your modem will only connect to the remote modem at 300bps or
1200 bps. i.e. s37=1 (300), or s37=5 (1200) This eliminates the need to
quit and re-enter fterm.
Thanks,
Dave Karelitz
dkarelitz@cybercom.net
a_karelitz@sharon.k12.ma.us
At 7:21 PM 12/8/96, Steve Benson wrote:
>>
>> Hello, all.
>> I'm running into a problem using Fterm with a modem. I've read the FAQ,
>> and it doesn't deal with the problem I've got.
>> I'm able to connect to all the numbers I've tried, and everything goes
>> fine for a short while. I set the modem (AT&F->OK), dial the number
>> (ATDT1234567->OK), and am told that everything's well (CONNECT 9600). I
>> log in, and then something odd happens.
>> It's like a buffer fills up or something, and I stop getting anything
>> displayed on the screen- nothing I type shows up, and the server appears
>> to stop sending. But when I quit and re-launch Fterm, it gets strange.
>> There's a single character on the screen. When I delete it, and type a
>> command, I find that I'm were I left off. I'll be able to interact with
>> the server for about a screenful, then it'll lock up again. I can repeat
>> the type-quit-continue cycle indefinately, but it's a colossal pain.
>> I've got ROM version 1.11, I'm using Fterm 1.0B7, a Hayes Accura 14.4, a
>> male-male adapter, and a null moden adapter. I'm sure that my
>> cable/adapter setup is right. The only place it seems the trouble can be
>> is with the AT commands I use to initialize the modem, or in Fterm itself.
>> Can anyone offer any advice? Maybe some AT commands that've worked for
>> you?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stan Hiller
>>
>
>This is a common probelm with FTerm. It is present in all calculators. There
>is presently no fix for it. Just quit & reenter Fterm. If your remote
>envrionment is customizeable, like a unix shell, just pipe all of your
>commands into a pager set to pause every three or so lines:
>
>% who | more -num3
>
>will show who's online and pause every three lines. That will prevent the
>overflow of the buffer. Or on a bbs, set your screen size to 3 or 4.
>
>-steve@adverspace.com
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