Re: Hayes Compatibility

[gpnz@yahoo.com.au (Gavin Picknell)]

Hi,

Quite a long time ago I used to run a Warp6 BBS (v2.5) on my Apple
IIe. I seem to remember that Warp6 required a "custom" cable when
running on a IIe, there was some doco with it that mentioned how to
wire it. I remember the symptom was that external modems would work
fine with comms programs, but not with Warp6 unless you made the mod
(which still allowed them to work fine with comms programs). I'm not
sure if this applies when using the GS serial port (are you using a
IIe or GS?). If you didnt get the cable right, you would get "modem
not responding" from Warp6. In addition, in Warp6, make sure you have
specified the correct serial port driver to use (when using external
modems, there is a Superserial Card driver, and a GS port driver - I
think the SSC card driver is the default one).

Also there is a modem init (text) file which warp6 uses to init the
modem. Have a look in the file, then use a standard apple II comms
program to issue those commands to your modem, if the modem responds
with "OK" or "0" to each command, then your modem is "command set"
compatible with Warp6.

Another thing to check is that your modem is not "hard coded" to talk
at too high a speed to the apple II - i.e. make sure it will repond to
your apple II when it tries to talk at 9600 or 19200 (I cant remember
what the limit is on a Apple II, and with Warp6).

Warp6 was cool, hope you get it going.

Good Luck!

spam@luddite.ca (Ned Ludd) wrote in message news:<1g2kise.1y0grpe1otk6m8N%spam@luddite.ca>...
> I've been tinkering with Warp Six BBS software lately, and since there's
> such a high demand I'm thinking of using my spare phone line to host a
> dial-up BBS ;-)
> 
> Warp Six requires a Hayes compatible modem (and this is where I run in
> to trouble), I've got several modems but no idea what constitutes "Hayes
> compatibility". I've checked all the various modem help sites, but
> haven't found anything that helps...