Jim Lawler said the following to Mike Ross on the subject of
Re: Help/Modem Troubles. (24 Aug 97  10:28:00)
 JL> Thanks again. You were right, and I DID find in Qmodem a setting for
 JL> DET Lock which WAS set to ON, however this was set pryor to my
 JL> "tinkering" with any settings. If you notice any mis-configured
 JL> settings, please respond:
 JL> Xon/Xoff=OFF
 JL> CTS/RTS Flow=ON
 JL> RTS when writing=OFF
 JL> Fifo durring shell=ON
 JL> Lock DTE Baud Rate=ON
 JL> High Speed Xmit=ON
 JL> 16550 Uart Enable=ON
 JL> Init Ignors CD=OFF
 JL> Rockwell RPI=OFF
 JL> Default Baud Rate =38400 (my modem is 33.6)
 JL> Init AT&FE1Q08X1V1S7=60
 JL> and I have AT&F&C1&D2 stored in non volital memory.
 JL> I have been getting much better results since I dumped a TSR i had
 JL> reporting memory usage and my downloads are running at 3350 (+/- a few
 JL> cps) which I believe is around 26800 bps (cps * 8 = bps)..[?] And I
 JL> guess thats not too shabby because I can't expect to run at a true
 JL> 33.6. The thing that gets me is that the Carrier Test in Modem Dr. for
 JL> windows reports 33 receive errors every time and gives me that response
 JL> about my DTE not being locked. That does not concern me in DOS if all
 JL> is running well, however I use the Windows environment for connecting
 JL> to the Net. Also, NUTE reports 1 kb per sec, and a bunch of CRC errors.
 JL> Now..that all may change this week as I'm installing a new mainboard
 JL> and cpu. We'll have to wait and see. Thanks for your help,
 JL> Jim
Oh, you're almost in the pink now. Your 33 errors could be related to
slowed harddisk driver bios routines. Win slows hd access a bit since it
adds another layer to the interrupts onion.
What might fix this, though it may slow things overall a teensy bit, is
to use "RTS when writing = ON". Increasing the baud rate from 38.4K to
57.6K should bring it up to snuff unless win is hogging much time.
Making the foreground task exclusive priority also helps. Make the time
slices somewhat shorter than the default values. If win enhanced 32 bit
access is off then turn it on unless your hd doesn't like it.
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