Gary Kopycinski wrote in a message to Joe Lerch:
 JL> I did find one occassion where locking at 115200 showed
 JL> some improvement. The system was using In-Joy to
 JL> connect to a local provider with IP masquarading 
 JL> turned on and I was  attempting to play Quake/2
 JL> from another system. I must say attempt, because I really
 JL> have to be one of the worst Quake players there is.
 JL> My other system only has a 14.4 modem, so if I want
 JL> to try playing Quake, I must route through the BBS
 JL> that has a 28.8.  
 GK> Unfortunately, all of that is moot for me.  My ISP won't
 GK> connect at anything greater than 38400.  At the higher baud
 GK> rates (115200, 57600) we do not get a true connection.  SIO
 GK> must be locked at 38400 in order for the connection to made.
 GK>  Otherwise, I get all kinds of errors and the system locks
 GK> up. 
Then you have your modem misconfigured... the rate your ISP is talking to his 
modem and the rate you are talking to your modem are completely independant. 
His rate is irrelevant. However, if there system is completely hosed (as many 
are) a hi-speed lock on your side might flood their modem causing data 
losses. If that is the case, suggest they read the manuals for their modems 
and re-configure them properly to deal with hardware handshaking. Failing 
that, get a real ISP. If that fails, adjust your system to compensate for 
theirs and switch to a real ISP as soon as one is available. Advantis/IGN 
uses USR Total Control Racks and therefor qualifies as real modems configured 
correctly ;)
Saw your other post, did Dell slip in a 16450 uart in that beast? 
Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.mhv.net
... They got the library at Alexandria, they're not getting mine! 
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