Re: Help with USRobotics modem!

Michael Westfort (westfort@netcom.com)
Sun, 14 Jan 1996 13:23:44 EST

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Emmett Hoops (sharonsm@nylink.org) wrote:
: We recently purchased a USRobotics 14,4 Sportster modem to use with our
: PowerMac 5200. We use the software that came with it, which is Mac Comm
: Center or something like that. Terminal emulation is set to vt100, speed to
: 57000 as per the instructions (why is it that to function properly on a Mac,
: the speed has to be set so high???)
: We use a dial-up online service, NYLINK, which uses an entirely text-based
: interface.
: The trouble is this: when we access the Web, using Lynx, we get garbled
: messages. Text from one screen flows into another, and after a few screens,
: the text is unreadable. Oddly, a piece of html that I mailed to my account
: appeared free of such errors. What's going on?

Check the Init string for the modem. I've had problems in the past with
Robotics modems, particularly the sporster. They can be quite picky and I
generally recommend refunding it and getting a Global Village or Hayes.

Michael Westfort
westfort@netcom.com

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