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In article <zx30aEABorcxEwo$@marmer.demon.co.uk>, dated Mon, 15 Apr 1996
at 22:05:05, George L Marshall <george@marmer.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <usQr3HAY+WcxEw7W@techno.demon.co.uk>, "Neil D. Jackson"
><jacko@techno.demon.co.uk> writes
>>For what it's worth, I have Smartsurf and Turnpike running just fine,
>>and I'm trying to assist a number of people who are having trouble with
>>it and Turnpike together.
>>
>>Nothing conclusive yet, but I think I'm getting somewhere. Most of the
>>problems seem to circle around COM2 as the choice of port. I'm using
>>COM3 with no problems, on IO Address 0x3E8, IRQ 7. These are NOT the
>>defaults, and they are set this way because I'm using an add-on 16550
>>serial card.
>>
>
>
>Thanks, you have cleared my problem with Smartsurf only working in
>manual mode, in automatic mode Turnpike was unable to dial out.
>I had not thought of trying a com-port other than Com1 or Com2.
>
>Using :-
>Turnpike 1.12, Windows 95, USR Courier 'V everything' modem.
>All Com-ports using 16550AN FIFO Uarts, 115200bps, 28800bd connects are
>normal.
>
>My results now, as follows:-
>Com1 IRQ 4,  0x3F8, Smartsurf works in Manual mode only.
>Com2 IRQ 3,  0x2F8, Smartsurf works in Manual mode only.
>Com3 IRQ 11, 0x3E8, Smartsurf works fully in automatic mode. 
>Com4 IRQ 12, 0x2E8, Smartsurf works fully in automatic mode. 
>
>
It seems you both have hit on solutions but it seems none to clear what
the problem is or was!

Brief Background: I have been a long-time user of a different call cost
program, FoneCost. It has never worked in anything other than manual
mode with Turnpike. Present thinking AFAIK is that this is some sort of
VXD conflict.

When I saw Neil's post I became curious and downloaded the latest
version of SmartSurf (v1.20) from Oakley's WWW site. On my system it
works fully in automatic mode on Com1 (IRQ/address same as George)! That
would fit with Neil's experience but not with George's. I'm using an
external USR V32bis (serial i/o interface 38.4K) and Win3.1. Of possible
interest is that I don't use any other serial com devices, only com1 for
modem. My mouse goes via special bus interface. My machine is EISA which
supports shared interrupts but that is probably not relevent in this
case.

One last observation. I shall be keeping SmartSurf, for obvious reasons,
when I try the TPAC automated connect add-on but will continue to use
FoneCost (manual mode) in all other cases. SmartSurf does have service
provider connection cost recording although that is not of interest to
me personaly. It's phone connection cost recording however does not
compare with FoneCost. The latter gives me a true individual call cost
(less discount plus UK Value Added Tax) in it's minimised icon but in
its detail report includes the pre-discount/VAT cost. This makes
checking British Telecom Phone bill's at detail level possible while
giving me true individual and accumulating costs the rest of the time.
With SmartSurf I could configure the cost parameters to provide one or
the other not both. Yes, SmartSurf's sort of free (FoneCost is
shareware) and it has a useful timer bar which I quite like but when it
comes down to meeting my primary requirement of keeping control over my
phone bill FoneCost comes out on top, even with the current manual
operation limitation when used with Turnpike.

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Chris
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Christopher P Salter              Internet : chris@loncps.demon.co.uk
Penzance Cornwall England