On the 12-20-94, Jerry Mcbride did converse with Ian Timms:

JM>Ian Timms wrote in a message to Mike Ruskai:
JM>
JM> IT> Get hold of RXASYNC.ZIP, available via ftp on
JM> IT> ftp-os2.cdrom.com, also Compuserve OS2DF1 LIB 6 (as RXASYN.ZIP) 
JM> IT> and many BBSs.
JM> IT> New version coming soon. (BTW I'm the author, please excuse
JM> IT> the plug). 
JM>
JM>I worked, long and hard, to get RXASYNC to work. I 
JM>literally ran up against a brick wall, I'm afraid. Would 
JM>you do me a favor and include some working rexx scripts in 
JM>the next release?

Well Jerry it seems you didn't try hard enough, or you would have
made the effort before to send me a message. ;-)  I bet you don't
have a 16550 UART, as this would be the _only_ reason for you not
being able to get it to work, and yes I did post a message detailing
the parameter change required to overcome this.  I have used RXASYNC
daily since well before I first uploaded it, to download/upload
mail to the local bulletin board. For even my feeble efforts this
has been something of a success IMHO.

As it happens the new version is ready, I am just bundling up some
extra scripts to go with it this weekend and it will appear on
hobbes etc. sometime on Monday as RXASYN20.ZIP.

Please tell me what you think, and if you have any problems 
getting it to work I'd be more than happy to help you resolve
them.

Just for the record here is the detail which gets around the
8250 UART problem.

The following MODE setting is recommended to be placed in your
STARTUP.CMD file for best results:

   MODE COM4:19200,N,8,1,TO=OFF,XON=OFF,        full duplex
                         OCTS=ON,RTS=HS,        hardware CTS/RTS
                         DTR=ON,                DTR control mode
                         IDSR=OFF,ODSR=OFF,     disable DSR checking
                         BUFFER=ON              bufferred

Note that I have DSR checking disabled, my modem does not appear to
handle the DSR signal correctly, if you are not getting any response
from yours then the same may well be true. Also having this enabled
may cause unpredictable responses when using the SIO drivers.
(Ray may have fixed this now, however I do not use SIO these days
except for testing so your mileage may vary.)

You should also use the following Hayes or equivalent modem settings:

    E0, Q0, V1, X4 or X6, &C1, &D2

If you do NOT have a 16550 UART then you will need to make sure that
the DCB information supplied to the RxAsyncSetDcbInfo routine is
appropriate. Usually this means using '00000010' for Flags3 and
setting BUFFER=OFF in the MODE command above.

Cheers, Ian Timms.              [Team OS/2]

Internet:itimms{at}ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au    CIS:100236,1404
BTW you can also get me by netmail here at Bunyips Cave BBS.
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