Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!wa8tzg!wwm From: wwm@wa8tzg.mi.org (Bill Meahan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 Subject: Re: HDB UUCP doesn't switch speeds?? Message-ID: <1991Mar9.180929.594@wa8tzg.mi.org> Date: 9 Mar 91 18:09:29 GMT References: <1991Mar8.003509.500@wa8tzg.mi.org> <1991Mar8.212145.5459@ceilidh.beartrack.com> Distribution: na Organization: What, ME Organized? Lines: 51 In article <1991Mar8.212145.5459@ceilidh.beartrack.com> dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (DoN Nichols) writes: >In article <1991Mar8.003509.500@wa8tzg.mi.org> wwm@wa8tzg.mi.org (Bill Meahan) writes: > > [ ... ] > > Well, I guess that I'm 'anybody'. This is just a guess, I'm not an >expert on HDB - far from it - but is it possible that DTR isn't being >dropped between trys, since they're on the same port, and the modem, not >being reset, is not looking to re-determine the baudrate coming from the >serial port? I haven't checked the modem I have here, but I think that it >might not expect to have its baud rate changed unless it is awaiting an 'AT' >after reset. The modem goes through a full reinitialization. > > What type of modem is it? > Packard-Bell PB2400 > If you have more serial ports available, you might try something >like hanging a second modem at 1200 on a different port, and letting the two >modems share the phone line. (Obviously, if you have more than one system >that your system calls automatically, this could result in problems. :-) >Anyway, 1200-only modems should be cheap enough at hamfests by now. I got >some good Ma-Bell type 1200-baud only modems for 15$ a couple or three years >ago. Not a feasible solution, also VERY inelegant and doesn't really solve the problem. > > I saw the earlier article, but figured I'd leave it to the experts, >who then turned invisible :-) > > Good Luck > DoN. >-- >Donald Nichols (DoN.) | Voice (Days): (703) 664-1585 >D&D Data | Voice (Eves): (703) 938-4564 >Disclaimer: from here - None | Email: > --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- Thanks! -- Bill Meahan (WA8TZG) | Programming is simple: wwm@wa8tzg.mi.org OR | uunet!mailrus!sharkey!wa8tzg!wwm | All you have to do is put the right "Home for Cybernetic Orphans" | numbers in the right memory locations!