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From: ljwilson@utkux1.utk.edu (L. Jack Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: GVC 9600 V.42 won't download from CIS
Message-ID: <1991May26.025559.15838@cs.utk.edu>
Date: 26 May 91 02:55:59 GMT
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I just purchased a GVC 9600 V.42 modem from CompuAdd ($429), and it
works great with Procomm Plus 1.1B except for one thing.  When logged
into Compuserve at 2400,e,7,1 (the only settings I can use in my area),
I can't download files.  I have tried xmodem, cis quick-b, and kermit,
all to no avail.  Xmodem receives the CRC signal from CIS, and tries to
send its OK message, but the two sides never get synchronized, and
eventually a "time out" message is received.  The same symptoms occur
for the other protocols.

I've tried dialing the university with the same settings, and both
kermit and zmodem work fine, regardless of the baud and parity
parameters.  Surprisingly enough, the MS Windows 3.0 terminal program
works fine, but setting PCPLUS as close as I can to the win-terminal
program doesn't help.

Surely there is a simple setting the new modem has that the old one
didn't (a Packard Bell 2400Plus [OEM'ed by GVC]).  The ONLY variable
that has changed is the modem.

Other than this annoying problem, I am very pleased with the GVC
modem.  I have been much too slow in getting a 9600 baud modem for
home.
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Who:	L. Jack Wilson
What:	UTK OAC Microsupport
Where:	ljwilson@utkux1.utk.edu
Why:	Standard Disclaimer fits nicely here.