Michael Jordan spoke to All about 
 Viva 14,400 Init string PLEASE! on 27 Nov 95  06:26:38:
 MJ> I have a Viva 14,400 bps modem (internal) and I am unable to get
 MJ> decent file transfers using the Zmodem protocol.  I get errors with
 MJ> Telemate 4.20 for dos.  I thought it might be that my Init string might
 MJ> need to be revised, here is what I am currently using:
 MJ> "ATZ X4 &C1 &D2 W1 L3 S0=0 S57=45"
 MJ> I am sure that some of you out there use the VIVA 14400 Internal and
 MJ> are haveing much better success with it than I am, could you please
 MJ> send my your INIT strings so I can compare them with mine and perhaps I
 MJ> can tweak mine up to allow zmodem usage with a good thruput.
 How old is your Viva? I used to use a Viva 14.4 and had terrible
 problems with errors and so forth on and off especially towards the end
 of its use. It was because this particular modem had a 16450 UART
 instead of a 16650 UART. I would check that. Here is the generic init
 string Telemate created for the Viva modem as well as the 14.4 I
 currently use. Maybe it can help, too:
ModemInit="AT S0=0 Q0 E1 X4^M~~~AT&C1^M~"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the one I am using.
%% Init string for most modems
%% ModemInit="AT S0=0 S7=100 S9=12 S11=50 Q0 E1 M1 V1 X4^M~~~AT&C1^M~"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This one was part of the tm.cfg file. I included it for the heck of it.
... You are partly 100% right. Samuel Goldwyn
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