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From: geoffw@xenitec.on.ca (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Desterm
Keywords: help
Message-ID: <1990Mar12.194225.2515@xenitec.on.ca>
Date: 12 Mar 90 19:42:25 GMT
References: <1674@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US> <1990Mar10.175048.10267@xenitec.on.ca> <1780@disk.UUCP>
Reply-To: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
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Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada
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In article <1780@disk.UUCP> specter@disk.UUCP (Byron Max Guernsey) writes:
>I too have had the problem with the v1.01 of desterm. The modem just would not
>dial and I tried inverting the signal from the menu and various other things.
>This was definately fixed in version 1.02, just grab a copy of it from one of
>the mail servers and your troubles should be over. I'm not sure what caused it
>but I believe the modem never even received any signals. adios...

   Matt has pointed this out to me; I was too quick to assume that the person
having trouble was already using 1.02.

   Sadly, 1.02 is not a perfect fix - if the modem control line inversion
setting is *correct*, DesTerm may crash during bootup because of an IRQ
servicing problem. The solution to this is simply to open the RS-232 port,
write something to it, and then close it:

OPEN5,2,0,CHR$(6):PRINT#5,"ATZ":CLOSE5

   If, for some strange reason, you PREFER v1.01, there are fixes for
problems with the 1670 (use this fix if you have a 1670) and for the VDC
(use this fix *ONLY* if your 80-column screen loses a character down one
side):

===== cut here =====
Date: 24 Jun 89 08:16:15
From: Matthew Desmond
Subj: DesTerm fixes
 
In the past few weeks, people have been complaining that DesTerm V1.01 has two 
major problems:  Doesn't work with 1670, and some VDC versions have trouble 
with the screen.  I have announced the fix  for the 1670 many times, but as of 
yet I have not given any help on the VDC problem. 

A number of people have posted fixes (that only work in certain situations,
and many people have sent me their fixes.  None of them work in the 
way that the one I am going to give, and the others should *NOT* be used (they 
are dangerous!).  To do either modification, first type:
 
DLOAD"DESTERM"
 
If you want to fix the 1670 problem, type
 
POKE22211,44
 
If you wish to fix the VDC problem, type
 
BANK0
POKE32116,64
POKE32127,64
 
Then, type the following line to save the file:
 
DSAVE"@DESTERM"
 
Note, if you want, you may use both pokes.  ALSO:  ONLY use the pokes if you 
have a 1670 or are experiencing the screen problems.
 
Please post these pokes everywhere that you see DesTerm available...
 
Matthew Desmond, author of DesTerm 128.
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   Geoff Welsh, contributing author to DesTerm 128
 
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