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keesan
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response 150 of 181:
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Nov 19 23:29 UTC 1998 |
Changing the wait time with end is only temporary, it seems.
Again I could not get through at 9600, should I wait more than 60 sec?
2400 bps worked in exactly 12 sec. Is there a bad line from here to there?
They fixed a break in it in August when it went dead.
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scg
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response 151 of 181:
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Nov 20 01:52 UTC 1998 |
You might also try a different modem.
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mcnally
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response 152 of 181:
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Nov 20 07:24 UTC 1998 |
I agree.. Sounds like your modem doesn't negotiate well with at least
one of the early trunk modems. Given that you presumably have access to
a pool of cheap used modems at Kiwanis, why not try another for a while?
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keesan
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response 153 of 181:
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Nov 20 22:33 UTC 1998 |
But why did my modem connect okay to Arbornet at 9600 bps in 19 seconds, but
not in 60 sec to Grex 3000 or 5041, and just fine at 2400? And why did it
work until three days ago? I will try another modem and report back.
(Or maybe grex should replace the problem modem? What is the high-pitched
squeal that I got after 25 seconds on grex at 9600?
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mdw
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response 154 of 181:
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Nov 21 02:42 UTC 1998 |
That's the pig.
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scg
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response 155 of 181:
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Nov 21 04:14 UTC 1998 |
There are standards for how modems are supposed to communicate at various
speeds. If all manufacturers stuck exactly to the standards, all modems would
talk to eachother. In practice, that's not the case. Many, perhaps most,
modems deviate from the standards in one way or another, but have generally
been tested carefully to make sure that they will still talk to modems that
do adhere to the standards. However, when you get two modems that deviate
from the standards in opposite directions, you start having trouble.
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valerie
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response 156 of 181:
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Nov 22 01:39 UTC 1998 |
This response has been erased.
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other
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response 157 of 181:
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Nov 22 13:22 UTC 1998 |
8:22am up 3 days, 18:31, 3 users, load average: 0.22, 0.14, 0.00
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keesan
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response 158 of 181:
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Nov 23 01:02 UTC 1998 |
Jim suggested a dirty contact, unplugging and replugging, but just in case
we switched modems and connected with a Compudyne in 22 sec. If it had been
modem incompatibility I would not have been using grex for the past six months
with the other modem.
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scg
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response 159 of 181:
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Nov 23 01:59 UTC 1998 |
That's not quite true. Grex has two different kinds of modems in its hunt
group. That is, they're the same brand and model and everything, but they
made some changes at some point so the newer ones are different from the older
ones. It's possible that when you started dialing into the beginning of the
hunt group instead of somewhere near the end, you started using a different
version of the modem on Grex's end than you had been using before.
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keesan
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response 160 of 181:
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Nov 24 19:23 UTC 1998 |
I was dialing to both 5159 and 3000 and connecting fine. My new modem does
not put garbage on the screen in random places like the old one seems to have
been responsible for doing (a screenful when I logged off).
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senna
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response 161 of 181:
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Nov 26 09:27 UTC 1998 |
Okay, I'm going to be picky and bring up my text droppage problem again. The
difficulty appears to originate from my computer at some point, but it's still
annoying. When I recieve text, random parts (in substantial portions) get
left out. This includes all characters, including enters or line breaks, so
large amounts of text like bbs or party are very difficult to read. If
possible, this is even worse when I dial into mnet. It only occurs when I
dial in, which is when I'm using hyperterminal. Any ideas?
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remmers
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response 162 of 181:
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Nov 26 12:13 UTC 1998 |
Sounds like a flow control problem. Check your modem and hyperterminal
settings.
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mcnally
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response 163 of 181:
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Nov 27 06:11 UTC 1998 |
It does sound like a flow-control problem. But rather than check your
Hyperterm settings I recommend that you junk it entirely. Even if it
has nothing to do with your current problem it's practically a no-lose
move..
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rtg
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response 164 of 181:
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Nov 29 06:08 UTC 1998 |
What do you suggest as a freely-available replacement communications
program for Win95/8?
BTW - has anyone noticed that hyperterm is distributed on the WIN98 CD,
but the installation program doesn't download it? I've been trying to get
it, or something better, loaded for a friend this week.
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danr
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response 165 of 181:
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Nov 29 18:37 UTC 1998 |
The hyperterm private edition you can download from www.hilgraeve.com is
decent. It's what I use, but I'm not a heavy telnet user.
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rywfol
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response 166 of 181:
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Nov 30 20:01 UTC 1998 |
I've encountered a minor problem using Backtalk.
I posted a response in the Humor item which hadn't formatted correctly,
so I erased it and rewrote the response.
When I submitted that response (and subsequently a third) they came up
as erased immediately, though I did not erase them.
What causes this?
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janc
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response 167 of 181:
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Dec 2 03:48 UTC 1998 |
That's weird. I don't know what could cause that. I'll put it on my
list of things to investigate.
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jeff
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response 168 of 181:
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Dec 5 00:22 UTC 1998 |
mutt doesn't work :(
this is the error message I get:
/var/spool/mail/j/e/jeff: No such file or directory (errno = 2)
/var/spool/mail/j/e/jeff: No such file or directory (errno = 2)
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mdw
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response 169 of 181:
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Dec 5 04:36 UTC 1998 |
Try sending yourself mail first.
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tpryan
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response 170 of 181:
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Dec 6 23:57 UTC 1998 |
mutt and jeff?
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hhsrat
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response 171 of 181:
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Dec 7 02:25 UTC 1998 |
Just wondering. Is there any way to turn the !clickify command into a page on
the Grex Web Site? I think that maybe it should be linked from the backtalk
welcome page or something.
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valerie
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response 172 of 181:
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Dec 7 20:46 UTC 1998 |
This response has been erased.
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dpc
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response 173 of 181:
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Dec 9 15:34 UTC 1998 |
I just got a piece of e-mail whose last few lines were truncated when
I read the message using "!mail". However, the message was *intact*
in my mbox. The mail was 5 1/2 single-spaced pages. Is this too long?
I've sent "staff" the details.
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davel
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response 174 of 181:
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Dec 10 03:35 UTC 1998 |
Did it perhaps have a line beginning "From " at about the point it
was truncated? To make a random guess.
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