56 k modem

[chris]

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 04:48 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 

:-)
I remember the first bbs I ever got involved with.  Telemate running
under dos 3.11.
Ah me those were the days.  
No one could possibly need more than 640k,  :-)
Can't even remember the name of the bbs software now
-- 
Cheers the kiwi