Date: 15 Apr 92 04:03:24 GMT
From: posty@socs.uts.edu.au (Andrew Roughan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Eclipse Support


johnp@pro-angmar.alfalfa.com (John Palaima) writes:
> eclipse is great..got it to set up, but it wont go any further..it wonl let
> me local logon..it sits and initializes.

Please give me more information. Does it get to the 'waiting for caller'
screen? Does your modem initialize correctly? Are you using a correct modem
driver and cable?


bbs-bdoherty@jwt.UUCP (Benjamin Doherty) writes:
>How did you get Eclipse? I never got Eclipse! I got a letter about it but 
>thats it... it said it would be posted in c.b.a2 but I haven't seen it, 
>and things are still coming in... 

Eclipse v1.0f4 beta was posted to C.B.A2. If you were unable to grab it then
email me and I will email you a copy directly.


mvats@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mudit P Vats) writes:
>I was playing around with Eclipse this past weekend and I just coget
>the modem to pick-up.  I am using an AE Datalink 1200 bd. modem, //gs, 3.25megs
>ram, 40 megger hd and a TransWarp... I set my 'Eclipse.epl ' modemm driver to
>'SSCSMART.MDR' with SLOT 2.  No Problem there.  WELL, in the 'LOGON.EPL', for
>the basic set-up, something is weird.  i.e. When someone calls me, the modem
>seems to connect, and then nothing happens........

You don't mention a SSC card in your equipment list, but I'll presume you have
one. The 'LOGON.EPL' file as supplied in the archive is setup for hardware
flow control and 19200 bps connection (initmodem 19200). This will have to be
changed in order to use the SSC. The SSC can not handle 19200 and (i think)
flow control. Comment out the modem initialization sequence for flow control
and un-comment the standard sequence (the first one). The speed variable should
also be changed to the maximum speed of your modem (possibly 9600).


puskaric@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (petar e puskarich) writes:
>This seems to be a great bbs language.  Just needs some work on the specifics
>to get internal smart modems to work properly.  Or maybe I am not doing
>something right as usual. I can answer a caller but nothing happens after that.
>I can also do a local login only after hitting the Ctrl-g and waiting for 
>garbage to fill the fields for id number and password.  After that  all
>seems to go cool..

Glad you like it :)....    Internal smart modems.... hmmmm we didn't have one
to try out. Things like flow control and cables probably aren't what you want
to hear right :). Umm I suggest using the SSCSMART modem driver. Also change
the 'LOGON.EPL' file as suggested above.

If you know that your modem does not act like a SSC then email me and I'll
find out what we need to do to write a specific driver for the modem.

The garbage is probably 'left-overs' from the modem after the init strings
were processed. It shouldn't happen with a correct driver.....


dkl@compaq.com writes:
>Gave Eclipse a brief try this afternoon. The upshot is that it doesn't work.
>My system is a Rom02GS, 4 megs ram, hard disk, Premier Innovations P2400e
>(smartmodem) external, GS serial port, ACOS (Sheaffer) cable.
>After fixing the parm file, I attempted to start the BBS. IT hung at
>"initializing modem", with the GSHISPEED.MDR, GSHSKI.MDR and GSSMART drivers.
>Only a ctrl-reset produced any response. I allowed it to sit for at least
>a minute each time, and tried it a couple of times.
>I saw no datastream going to the modem (no RD LED flickers).

The problem is probably the cable. Or put another way, the drivers we supplied
probably don't work with the ACOS cable.... Check the pinouts in the manual
with the ACOS pinouts and you'll see why. The GSHISPEED driver should not
work period. The GSHSKI driver is for a DCD connection on the HSKI pin of the
GS serial port. If the ACOS cable has this, then this is your best bet.
If the ACOS cable connects DCD to the GPI pin of the GS serial port then use
the GSGPI driver. Check the doco in the manual again on cables.


Regards,
Andrew.
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