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From: king@ivory.UUCP (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
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Date: 30 Aug 89 03:02:54 GMT
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I'm having problems with the AppleNet BBS software, which I downloaded from
APPLE2-L.  The whole thing is pretty straightforward, except that it won't
answer the phone!  IMHO, this is a pretty serious deficiency for a BBS... :-)

Here's the setup I'm using:

	o Enhanced Apple //e
	o RamWorks (the original) with 256K
	o Two 5 1/4" floppies (old Disk ][ type)
	o Apricorn Super Serial Imager (SSC clone that I've never had any
		trouble with)
	o Prometheus 2400G modem (Hayes compatible)
	o Full 25-pin straight-through RS-232 cable
	o Breakout box on the cable, modified as shown in the Applenet docs.
	o SMT No-Slot-Clock, with SMT's CLOCKREAD driver installed at
		$0300 and my own BASIC subroutine patched into the AppleNet
		programs to read it.

AppleNet seems to initialize the modem just fine.  When a call comes in,
though, I see the auto-answer LED flicker on (means the line is ringing) and
the receive-data LED flicker (sending the "RING" response to my Apple, I
imagine).  That's it.  AppleNet doesn't respond.

I already checked the DIP switches on the serial card (they're identical to the
banks on the SSC, except for one that indicates SSC emulation mode.  That's
set to "on", of course).  My modem doesn't have DIPs, but I programmed into
non-volatile memory the switch settings indicated in the manual.  Specifically,
DTR is active, word result codes are sent, it will echo characters in the
command state, no auto-answer, CTS is active, and commands are recognized.
(By the way, I checked the init string AppleNet sends and the init seems to
contradict the manual in a couple of places.)  I've let AppleNet init the 
modem.  I forced it to NOT init the modem (by toggling power after the init
was sent).  I turned on auto-answer.  I asserted a constant DCD and bypassed
the special cable wiring.  I tried various combinations of the above themes.
Still, it will NOT pick up the phone.  (Well, setting auto-answer on will
cause the modem to pick up, but AppleNet doesn't know anything about it.)

Ideas, anyone?

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