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From: kentkar@polari.UUCP (kent karrer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Modems, bulletin boards, and 2400 baud
Summary: I had the same problem...it's the Everex hardware
Message-ID: <2196@polari.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jul 90 23:15:17 GMT
References: <00939602.BF4A8760@QMD.PHY.NIST.GOV>
Organization: Seattle Online Public Unix (206) 328-4944
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In article <00939602.BF4A8760@QMD.PHY.NIST.GOV>, msd@enh.nist.gov (M. Scott Dewey) writes:
> I'm having a small problem when I connect with bulletin boards that
* advertise running at baud rates of 300/1200/2400.  First I set my Everex
* Evercom 24 2400 BPS internal modem to 2400 baud, then I make the
* connection, and finally I find that the connection has been established
* with the bulletin board at 1200 baud (I have to reset the rate on my modem
* to 1200 baud to continue)!  Does anyone have any idea why this might
* happen?  Is there a trick to connecting at 2400 baud?  I have no problem
* connecting at 2400 baud to numbers that are exclusively 2400 baud.
* 
* Thanks!
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* NAME:   M. Scott Dewey                 TELE: (301) 975-4843
* DIVISION: Quantum Metrology            INTERNET: msd@enh.nist.gov
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*         Rm. A-141, Bldg. 221
*         Gaithersburg, MD  20899

I have experienced the same problem with my Evercom 24E+ (2400 bps external).
After many hours of reconfiguring my comms software and frustrating sysops
by having them check their modem setup, I called Everex Technical Support.
It turns out that this is a known problem due to the Everex modem not waiting
long enough to get protocals straight at 2400 bps. The Tech Support person I
talked to had me open my modem and check the rev of a specific chip. He said
it was out of spec, took my name and address, and said that a new chip would
be sent to me. In the meantime, he suggested that I could include coma's ","
at the end of my dialing string to provide the appropriate amount of delay to
get things going at 2400. 

Perhaps a call to Everex would help you out -- (415) 498-1115.
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