Hello Rick.
Now to figure out what the hell all this means ?????
How to change the BUFFER size in OS/2 - SIO ?????
How to change the Adept Mailer Config ?????
O'me !!!!!!!!!  Thanks a million !  Looks and sounds good !
30 Mar 98 09:12, Rick Collins wrote to John McAlpin:
 RC> At 23:19/29/Mar, John McAlpin (1:382/1202) said:
 RC> ====================================
 JM>> Hello All,
 JM>> I have a USR Courier VEverything (recently upgraded to v.90
 JM>> without a hitch - and I was having the problems described below
 JM>> before the update) and am having problems with a BBS downlink of
 JM>> mine using a V.34 Zoom.  He's also using an OS/2 mailer called
 JM>> Adept.  Anyway, we connect fine and transfer files fine. Except
 JM>> that he's having problems receiving larger files (greater than
 JM>> around 70kb).  We get a CRC error, it attempts a restart at 256
 JM>> then disconnects. And this can go on for a while with a 5mb file.
 RC> CRC errors occur between the com port and your comm application - the
 RC> modem isn't involved.  The usual cause is a delayed interrupt - an
 RC> interrupt generated by the UART that is not serviced quickly enough.
 RC> The error is detected by the file transfer protocol, and any remedial
 RC> action is determined by the comm app that's running.
 JM>> How can I get my Courier to re-start transfers with the Zoom modem
 JM>> after CRC errors?  The Hayes can do it?  And, if it's the modems
 JM>> how come he can log on my BBS and it'll restart after CRCs?  Odd.
 RC> Your problem is with the mailer config, not the modem.  THe modem
 RC> doesn't know a CRC error occurred, doesn't know anything about block
 RC> sizes, and doesn't care.
 RC> You might try _reducing_ the size of the 16550 UART buffer.  That
 RC> makes a longer interrupt delay possible and lessens the chance of a
 RC> CRC error.
 RC> Rick
 RC> -+- Msged 4.00
 RC>  + Origin: The Warlock's Cave, Ottawa ON (1:163/215.39)
Bill
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