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 In article <831237070_OASIS_@lyneside.demon.co.uk>
  will@lyneside.demon.co.uk (Will Hand) said:-

> In article <830975486_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk>
>  setup@swampdog.demon.co.uk (swampdog.demon.co.uk) said:-

[more snipping]

>>3)      STiK is not communicating with the modem correctly (ie serial 
>>        port problem) ...
>>        
>>        a)      HSMODEM not present / not configured
>
>Bingo !! 
>This *could* be it.
>I do not have HSMODEM at all, why do I need it ?

The ST's serial code is buggy.

>What does it do ?

Replaces it with bugfree and more generic code. Two programs sit in 
your AUTO folder.

>and where can I get it with instructions, is it shareware ?

It is shareware :-)
It does have instructions :-))
It even has a (text) setup program :-)))
It is incomprehensible :-((((

Look on FTP for HSMODEM6. I don't have an unmodified original else I'd 
email it to you.

You have to set up DRVIN.PRG first then one of the other programs 
depending on your machine. Somebody posted a decent explaination last 
week. If you get stuck, perhaps someone could email it to you.

>However, I am puzzled as my system works with OASIS, so why does 
>STiK need this software, and where does it say this in the 
>instructions ?

Nos has been around for years so it had to contain its own code to 
work round the problem.

HSMODEM is used to save each program re-inventing the wheel. It also 
supports the faster serial port upgrades and the extra ports available 
on different machines. Part of the confusion over setting it up arises 
over mapping the new higher speeds onto the lower no longer used ones. 
It is not well explained but basically it allows you to use older 
programs that cannot exceed 19200 to run faster without complaint - 
you tell the old program to use 110 baud say, then HSMODEM in reality 
may set up 38400 for instance - but you have to tell HSMODEM which 
speeds to map onto which others, it doesn't assume anything in case it 
maps over a speed which would cause a particular program to die.

[oops, erroneous snip]

why is it that I can't learn to use "cut" instead of "delete"?


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk