HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Updates on fast Supra modems?
Date: 18 Aug 92 14:42:06 GMT
Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.

jrc1390@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (John Crowley) writes:
>
>
>         I have an Okidata Okitel 9600 baud modem that I picked up
>         used.  Does anyone out there in net land have info/docs for
>         it that you could somehow share the info with me?  Any help
>         would be greatly appreciated!   Thanx in advance.

Best advice.. get rid of it...

It's a horribly incompatbile, piece of junk that will only give you
headaches.. i know 4 people that have used them, all regretted their purchase.

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From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,from.socal.com
Subject: Re: Supra 14.4 & DLG
Date: 17 Aug 92 14:52:42 GMT
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not neccessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.

In article <agnius.02td@guild.socal.com> agnius@guild.socal.com (Agnius Gris) writes:

>        I am runing DLG w/US Robotics 14.4 dual standard, and I haven't heard a complain about errors in transfers yet. There are people using supras, HSTs, etc, but ZModem works fine. My guess the problem with transfers is supras fault.

One more time:  99.9% of the problems I've seen with Supras can be described
with two words:  Operator Error.

The Supra command set is a bit hard to comprehend for some folks.  Even my
FidoNet NC had problems with it.  However, with a little time and some
educated guessing I've managed to come up with a combination that will work
with even the old original Roms.  If you're up on Fido I suggest you freq
SUPFXMOD.LHA and pass it on to anyone having problems.  So far, it has only
failed me with ONE DST (and that problem was minor).

Sheesh.  Anyone remember the problems folks had configging HSTs when they
first came out?  It took years and tons of text files and hundreds of folks
diddling the things before they became "easy" to set up.  The same applies
to the Rockwell modems, I think.  Give it time, will ya?

-- 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: Hans Ridder <ridder@zso.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Jr Comm bugs
Originator: ridder@zowie.zso.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - DECwest Engineering
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:56:55 GMT

In article <65946@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4476a@prism.gatech.EDU (Mike Alberghini) writes:

>
>     I have been having a problem with JR Comm for a while now.
>[...]
>Also, where is a font that will let me see ANSI characters?  I can get
>ANSI codes but the chars. are not the little blocks and triangles of
>IBMs.

Just to pick nits.  The Amiga already does ANSI characters.  I know it's
popular to call the IBM PC character set "ANSI", but it isn't.  The IBM
"little blocks and triangles" character set is of their own invention.

The character set used by the Amiga is ISO 8859-1 which is the same as
the ASCII characters in the first 128 positions.  That's about as "ANSI"
as you can get.  And the high 128 positions are ISO standardized, which
can't be said for IBM's.

There, I feel better now.

>Mike Alberghini,       Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga, 30332

-hans
-- 
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  ridder@rust.zso.dec.com			Bellevue, Washington, USA
  {pacbell,pyramid,uunet}!rust.zso.dec.com!ridder
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From: john@goshawk.mcc.ac.uk (John Heaton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: SLIP?NOS?POP3? Help please!
Date: 18 Aug 92 11:46:16 GMT
Reply-To: john@nessie.mcc.ac.uk
Distribution: comp
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <1992Aug13.103901.14447@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, blyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
|> I'm real confused ....
|> 
|> My school is changing their computer setup so that we users can  
|> access their USENET feed and mail and Internet services. To do this,
|> we are supposed to use SLIP to create an IP address for Internet stuff
|> (like FTP) and a mail reader that supports POP3 protocol. Apparently,
|> we have to use a popmail mail reader to access mail and/or USENET.
|> 
|> Now, I don't reallu undertand any of this stuff, and the school is - 
|> how should we say, less than sympathetic - to Amiga users. They say we
|> can't do it. Please tell me I can. Can I use AmigaNOS for SLIP?
|> 
|> WHat mail reader supports pop3.  Any help anyone can provide will be
|> honored with a great big message in skywriting. Or a thanks ...
|> 
|> Aaron

AmigaNOS works on SLIP and POP2, POP3 may be on it soon.

John.
From: rang@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jyan-ken)
Subject: Term won't hang up..
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 19 Aug 92 18:55:37 GMT


I just got Term and in using it, Term won't hang up the model when I
tell it too.. The command I use to hang up is "+++ ATH", in belief that
the +++ will tell term tht this commnd is for the modem to hng up, not
keep going..What do I do?

Jyanken
From: tdietz@tcedge.mi.org (Tom Dietz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: C-NET
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:11:02 GMT
Organization: EXCELSIOR! Tech Support BBS (313) 77-AMIGA
X-BBS-Software: EXCELSIOR! v0.95f


In an article, vidiot.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu writes:


> Let the authors take it up with him!  I think the mudslinging campaign 
>started by the authors of Excelsior is more of a reason NOT to buy 
>Excelsior than Kens alleged stealing is not to buy C-Net!
>


Hey listen, we did not start any "MUDSLINGING" againest CNet, if you read any 
of my posts you will see that.  I was merely replying to some guy in Rochester 
NY.  If your software supports it, take a look at the header.  I am no-where 
near NY, ok?  If you dont care about code-stealing, fine.  Thats your problem. 
You probably have no problem with getting "cool warez" either.  However, this 
bothers myself and others too.  If you think pointing out where an author 
STOLE others code, is "mudslinging", then you better re-think your position.  


If you have been actually reading and understanding what the people have 
been saying like the quote from Ken "HMM...Can we say CNet rip off?".  Well 
the user on Future World was replying to Ken using KENS LOGIC.  I have no 
problem with Ken using ideas, how do you think BBS's progress?  Stealing 
code is a totally different subject.  Pointing this out does not mean we are 
"mudslinging", hell we didnt even start this whole thread.  In his 
hypocrite way of thinking, Ken was try to dis-credit EXCELSIOR!  So the user 
replied using KENS position.   Geesh.  Cant you comprehend that?  I dont want
to start a thread on this topic and waste the bandwidth, but I do want to 
stress to YOU and others that EXCELSIOR! does not use so-called "mudslinging" 
to sell its product.  We will go head-to-head in any programming and I know we
are a better-written, better-operated BBS.



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|     Sycom Design Software              ---------- --- --- --- -----     |
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|        MI, 48080 USA                (313) 77-AMIGA   Supra V.32bis      |
| INTERNET: tdietz@tcedge.mi.org      (313) 772-5802   USR D/S 14.4/V.32  |
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From: aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan)
Subject: Re: Networking.
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 04:17:38 GMT

From article <34286@cbmvax.commodore.com>, by bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson - Amiga Networking):
>>>  "Pennsylvania - Land of (really) Bad Drivers."   Uva uvam vivendo varia fit 
>>
>>Never been to Massachusetts, huh? :-)
> 
> I have. Massachusetts drivers are simply aggressive and a tad crazy. I
> can deal with that. Pennsylvania drivers are lame and inconsistant.

Ah, try country town driving - that little old lady at the extreme left
of the _wide_ road, who is indicating a left turn, is really about to do
a right turn.  (For Europe & US exchange L & R).

Allan Duncan	ACSnet	 a.duncan@trl.oz
(+613) 253 6708	Internet a.duncan@trl.oz.au
		UUCP	 {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!trl.oz.au!a.duncan
Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.
From: Fady_Kardoush@amusers.UUCP (Fady Kardoush)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: AT modem commands
Distribution: world
Date: 22 Aug 92 03:38:47 PST
Organization: The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

In a message dated Sat 22 Aug 92  2:59, rcaslis@hydra.acs.uci.edu (Russell
Caslis) wrote:

 RC> Does anyone out there have a list of the AT commands?  Specifically,

The list is very long. Check your modem's quick reference card for a list
of commands.

 RC> I can't
 RC> seem to find the command to lower the volume of the speaker on my
 RC> modem (and
 RC> of course, then save that in it's NVRAM).

ATL lowers the volume to low, then AT&W writes the current confuguration to
non-volatile memory.

 RC> Thanks.

Your Welcome!

 RC> --
 RC> Russ Caslis
 RC> rcaslis@uci.edu

 -- AEd V1.36/Eval

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992

  Fady Kardoush lives..

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: mrubino@csws12.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael N Rubino)
Subject: Supra V.32bis and Hardware Handshaking
Originator: mrubino@csws12.ic.sunysb.edu
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 20:01:11 GMT


I recently bought the Stand Alone version of the Supra V.32bis modem.  I seem
to be having problems with data compression.  MNP5 and BTLZ don't seem to be
doing anything.  I'm using an Amiga 3000 and term2.2b.

When I logon to Compuserve:
    Term is set at 57,600 baud and RTS/CTS handshaking.
    Modem is set to factory default F2.
    I connect at 9600 baud with LAPM and BTLZ.  Everything seems to work fine.

    If I turn off Data Compression (AT%C) I connect at 9600 baud with LAPM
    only.  The speed is the same as with BTLZ.

    If I set the modem to normal mode (AT\N) I connect at 9600 baud, no LAPM or
    BTLZ.  Speed is the same.

When I logon to the Universities HP-UX system:
    Term is set at 57,600 baud and RTS/CTS handshaking.
    Modem is set to factory default F2.
    I connect at 2400 baud with MNP5.  Text is displayed in short bursts but
    with a 2400baud throughput.

    If I turn off Data Compression (AT%C) I connect at 2400 baud with MNP4.
    Text is displayed in short bursts but with a 2400baud throughput.

    If I set the modem to normal mode (AT\N) I connect at 2400 baud, no MNP
    Text is displayed smoothly with a 2400 baud throughput.

    If I set Term to 2400 baud and RTS/CTS handshaking.
    All modes, with and without error checking and data compression, display
    text smoothly at a 2400 baud throughput.

I have not experienced any loss of data in any situation.  I have downloaded
binary files from BIX and Compuserve with no problems.  However, I can only 
download binary files from my University when MNP error correction and data
compression are off.  Could it be that my cable doesn't support hardware
handshaking?  If it doesn't would my modem work at all?  What are the proper
pinouts for a hardware handshaking cable?

Thanks in advance,
-- 

- Mike
  mrubino%csws1.ic.sunysb.edu@sunysb.edu <--- use this address for email.
From: ree88132@zach.fit.edu (Keith Ledig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: connecting my BBS to UUCP-usenet
Date: 13 Aug 92 12:23:21 GMT
Organization: Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne USA

I am running a BBS using ami-express and want to connect it
(through a door) to usenet.  Since I have only 1 modem, I guess
that it'll have to dial up a unix host at 3 am and download the
days usenet.  (of course I'll limit it to a few groups since
HD space is limited).  I may switch to tempist or c-net.  I need
to know what applications do I need to be able to do this?  How
do I set it up?  All I have is my unix account at a university
that has simple shell access through a dialup. (and only 2400
baud! my modem is 14.4 but there are no high speed dialup's).

Anybody have recommendations for the UUCP link to be able to
have my callers read news and possibly post some as well?
How about Internet e-mail too?  How do I set up my own 
internet address ie. me.bbs.fl.usa?

Is there any BBS software that is better suited at doing this?
How about the Matt Dillons (uucp-dnet ???  I forget)

thanks,

Keith

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From: coup@crs.cl.msu.edu (Chris Klaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: HST & SUpra: which is faster?
Date: 21 Aug 92 01:33:25 GMT
Reply-To: coup@crs.cl.msu.edu.UUCP (Chris Klaus)
Organization: Michigan State University




I am getting a SupraFax 14.4K baud modem. But I use to have an
HST.  From one source, Ive heard that HST was faster than
SupraFax's protocal.  Like SupraFax would get only 1600 cps
transfering the same file as HST at 1800 cps.  Is there any validity
to that statement?  

Which is faster?  I would think they were the same.

---
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: jmarin@messi.uku.fi (Jukka Marin)
Subject: Re: Hydra boards (Was: Re: Ethernet for A500 (was: Re^2: Networking. (was: LET'S RESCUE THE AMIGA!!...(in misc))))
Date: 21 Aug 92 10:31:12
Distribution: comp
Organization: University of Kuopio, Finland

In article <rwm.713990431@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca> rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond) writes:
>  Wasn't Hydra the boards that GVP attempted to sell for a while, but gave
>up because both the hardware and software were giving them so much
>support problems?
>
>  Last I heard their sofware did not run under 2.0, and
>their boards had interupt problems that caused a 25mhz machine to clock
>at 20MHZ with NO SOFTWARE RUNNING, just the board being plugged in.

I have four Hydra Ethernet boards which I can't use because their
software doesn't work under 2.0.  The boards themselves DO work, as far
as I can tell.

Some early Hydra boards are said to have a bug in a PAL chip which affects
autoconfiguration.  I haven't heard of other hardware problems.  I have
one Hydra board installed in my A3025 and I haven't noticed any kind of
slowdown at all.

Hydra claims to be working on a new software version which contains
password protection and other new features.  However, I have been calling
and FAXing them for 8-9 months now and their software still isn't
finished.  I have got two pre-release versions to try - well, I WAS
able to transfer one file over the net before the server software
locked up.  The current version causes plenty of Enforcer hits.  I told
Hydra to use Enforcer for debugging (and their comment was like "Huh?
What is that?").  Obviously, they still don't use it (and they are
still doing all testing under 1.3).

Even if Hydra is able to finish their new software, it's obvious that
they haven't ever heard of SANA-II.  Hydra boards will still be their
own isolated world with no connections to 'real' tcp/ip or similar
protocols.

I would like to know if there are other Hydra board owners in the netland.
Maybe we could write our own driver for the board and then use Commodore's
AS225 package with the Hydra boards?  It shouldn't be too difficult.  The
design of the Hydra boards is quite simple and I've got all data about the
Ethernet chips.

Anyone?  Please e-mail to me and we'll see what we can do.

  Jukka Marin


P.S. I have heard about a software package named ENLAN, which works on the
     Hydra boards.  I have asked for more information about ENLAN.  Hope it
     turns out to be a good package!




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From: cg@ami-cg.UUCP (Chris Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re:  multiuser environment (via modem)
Distribution: world
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:59:43 MST
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <1992Aug20.084908.6302@leela.cs.orst.edu> mohrc@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU
writes:
>In article <cg.0cu9@ami-cg.UUCP> cg@ami-cg.UUCP (Chris Gray) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug19.030112.16145@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> coup@crs.cl.msu.edu
>>(Chris Klaus) writes:
>>
>>I can't send you sources, but I can provide some information. What I do in
>>AmigaMUD
>
>When is this thing going to get released? I have been anxiously awaiting this
>for what seems like forever ;) also are you going to release the src (please)
>so that we can do our own mods just like normal muds. Also to you have an
>estimated cost yet for it?
>
>thanks for any info,

It's still a while away unfortunately. But the end is in sight, finally.

The source will not be released, unless someone can come up with lots of
dollars to compensate for the 2 years of effort. This may make me sound
terribly commercial, but look at it this way: if I get lots of dollars, I'll
be able to quit my job to work full time on MUD, Empire, Draco, whatever,
and thus finish things much faster.

I would guess around $100.00 for the full server package (with >100 pages
of docs, full source for the standard scenario, etc.) and under $50.00 for
the client-only package. (And of course no cost if you just want a text
interface to an AmigaMUD that someone else is running.)

I've had a bit of spare time at work, and wanted to learn about using UNIX
sockets, so I've written what I call 'ToyMUD' on UNIX. It's about 3000 lines
of source for the client and server, complete with a programming language.
I plan to do an Amiga port for this, and will release the combined sources.

--
Chris Gray   ualberta!ami-cg!cg   or   cg%ami-cg@kakwa.UCS.UAlberta.CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: wbardwel@el_padre.mitre.org (Bill Bardwell)
Subject: Re: Networking. (was: LET'S RESCUE THE AMIGA!!...(in misc))
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 19:58:24 GMT

>Actually, someone would have to write a SANA-II driver for one of those
>little gadgets.  You wouldn't have to go -near- socket.library.  :')
>-- 
>Greg Miller                     "Violence never settles anything."
>Amiga Networking Group                      -  Genghis Khan
>gregm@cbmvax.commodore.com
Is this true? does this mean that the update for AS225 is coming soon?
(cause right now all the stuff for the networking apears to be hardwired
for whatever hardware you have (all in one .library))
Please...
and a socket.library that is real BSD sockets so that all you have to do
is take out the UN*Xisms in networking code to run it on the amiga?
Please..
And a reasonable update price for current AS225 owners (please)?
---------------------------------------
William Bardwell
wbardwel@elara.mitre.org
From: agnius@guild.socal.com (Agnius Gris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,from.socal.com
Subject: Re: Supra 14.4 & DLG
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:46:41 PST
Organization: TheGuild[FTS]

        I am runing DLG w/US Robotics 14.4 dual standard, and I haven't heard a complain about errors in transfers yet. There are people using supras, HSTs, etc, but ZModem works fine. My guess the problem with transfers is supras fault.

--- Via UCI v1.05 (C-Net Amiga)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: billy@uni-paderborn.de (Michael Boehnisch)
Subject: Re: Are (un)compress and tar available for Amiga?
Organization: Uni-GH Paderborn
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 11:34:47 GMT

malx0600@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Stephen Scheck) writes:
: The subject says it all. I need a program to uncompress unix .Z suffix Lempel
: Ziv files, as well as an Amiga version of tar. Are these available? If so, at
: what ftp site(s)?
: 
: Thanks, Steve
:

I've done a port of compress 4.00 to the Amiga. I suppose it to be
fully compatible to the Un*x version. KS 2.04 is required. Source
& executable are ftp-able from 131.234.2.32 (University of Paderborn
in Germany). You find it as amiga/own/for-fish/compress.lha.


An excellent port of the GNUtar can be found under amiga/packer/gnutar.lha.

Hope that helps....

Michael B"ohnisch,
billy@uni-paderborn.de
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: Steve@donald.demon.co.uk (Steve Gilbert)
Subject: Re: Where can I get PD software to Hook-up my Amiga on the internet net?
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Organization: Private Mail/Usenet node
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:45:38 +0000

In article <1954@kluge.fiu.edu> sumargoh@serss0.fiu.edu (H. Sumargo) writes:
> 
> I guessed that the subject says it all.  I have a friend who wants to put his Amiga 2500 on the internet
> network with the capability to read/send mail, telnet, ftp, and probably server/client.  If any of you 
> knows where I can get such software (preferably a PD or shareware), please kindly send your information
> to sumargoh@serss0.fiu.edu and I will be more than happy to give your information to my friend.  If you
> have some information regarding the above subject from a commercial package, please kindly state the
> address and phone number so that my friend can contact the company for the purchase.  Thank you very
> much.
> 

AmigaNOS is a software package exactly for this. Its on ucsd.edu under the
pub/ham-radio/tcpip I think.

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