Hi Alex!

In Alex Mcconnell's message to Albert Alcoceba on , Alex
Mcconnell said:

 AA>> Common problem with above modem.  Not recommended for BBS use.

 AM> I hate to sound blunt, but do you own a Roadster? It may require a
 AM> little extra setting up than other modems, but if you leave it alone
 AM> and don't bugger up the settings it'll work fine.

I luckily don't own a Roadster.  I own a SmartModem.  I provide consultancy
support to sysops setting up BBS's amongst other things and it seems that
this modem keeps coming up again and again from various sysops who have no
end of trouble with it.

The symptom the above user reports is common - the modem not seeming to
send a RING signal, or at least ont one that is getting to the FOSSIL to
the software on the computer.

The suggestion you've given elsewhere about ATS0=2 etc is useless when
running a BBS.  It has to be software that answers the call, not the modem.
 Otherwise if the BBS were to go off line lots of people would be paying
25c for a non connect.  With automated mailers this would be a very
expensive error... as mailers may try to connect many times until they are
successful while unattended.  To use ATS0=2 is sufficient to be considered
as "excessively annoying" and sufficient to get the sysop thrown
out of mail networks such as fidonet.


Regards,

Albert

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