On 09-08-96 Jason Smith wrote to All... 
 
 JS> Hello:) 
 JS> 
 JS>    When i connect to certain BBS's i get a constant flow of 
 JS> text appearing on the screen that looks like code. Is this 
 JS> just a bad line connection? I have been having a lot of

 JS> trouble with low CPS rates i.e. average 1200 CPS with a 
 JS> Dynalink 28800 :-((( 
 
Welcome to the club.  I am having the same problems with the same 
type of modem. 
 
Set S95=47 and it will give you a full readout of the speed and type 
of connection.  I would say offhand that your modem has negotiated 
a non error correcting connection. 
 
This would come up as 
 
CONNECT:  28800 
PROTOCOL:  NONE 
COMPRESSION:  NONE 
 
Is it the same with all BBS's or just a particular one.  If its just 
the one then the problem could be at the other end.  I had that problem 
and as a last resort (after changing modems) I managed to pursuade the 
BBS to upgrade their serial port and it worked. 
 
BTW is your modem internal or external.  internals have a built in 
16550A uart chip while externals depend of the uart chip that is on 
your I/O (serial card) card. Making msure you have a 16550 uart will 
normally help. 
 
 JS>   I have complained many times to Telstra but as i live in 
 JS> Gove NT i guess they  either don't care or don't know what 
 JS> the problem is..... 
 JS>   The Telstra Tech (hmmm) said it was because the phone lines out of 
 JS> town 
 JS> where old and outdated, but only get around 1380 CPS from 
 JS> the FidoNet hub,  about 3 kilometres from where i live. 
 
Yep I found telstra tech to be of no help at all.  I have bad phone 
lines apparently (noisy at times) but telstra assured me that my 
line was perfect yet I cannot get better than 26400 _real_ connect. 
 
 JS> Any advice appreciated :-)) 


What setup and init string are you using?. 
 
Capture the output of AT&V and post it here. 
I set mine up at AT&F&C1&D2W2X3%E2S95=47&W and use ATZ as an init 
string.  Not perfect but seems to be working fairly well at present. 
 
Cheers 
Mike 
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