56 k modem

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 18:52 +1200, chris wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 01:35 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 13:35 +1200, chris wrote:
> > > Terminating on signal 15
> > 
> > I just googled on it and there are a bunch of hits regarding this
> > problem. You might sort through the results of a search to see what may
> > benefit you. It seems that redial will not happen on this error, though,
> > so that answers that. 
> > 
> > Finding the problem will be fun. First, just hit the shift key during
> > boot and select the other kernel. See if the problem persists.
> > 
> > I finally had to throttle my modem down to 28.8, in the init string, as
> > I would get dropped due to poor phone line quality from living out in
> > the toolies. It's been a long while since I had to deal with modem init
> > strings, and I'm doing my best to forget all I knew! But, they can be
> > crucial. I'd google around for the best init string you can find for
> > your modem. That would definitely be a place to start troubleshooting,
> > if the boot to the older kernel doesn't get you running.  :) Ric
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Good point.  Haven't had to do that for years.  Up to now it has just
> worked!

I ran an 8 line BBS, back in the days that was tall cotton for a free
BBS. I had all sorts of init strings saved up for all of my various
modems. A couple were cheap external win modems that I had to throttle
to 9600 baud. Not bad though, for a Linux text shell login. I remember
when PPP was new! God, I sound old. I don't even know if setserial is
still around to test with. Not looking either! :) Ric