arxt@sphinx.uchicago.edu (patrick palmer) (12/27/87)
I have been having trouble being connected to a remote VAX. I have an
Avatex 1200 modem and I am running VT100v2.6 on an A1000. I can dial out
to various machines fine, but I cannot receive calls, at least in the
following mode: I telephone the remote site and they transfer me to one of
their modems. I wait for the remote modem signal (i.e. for the clicks and
clunks of transfering to end), push the "data" button
-- and nothing happens. (Occasionaly, I get CONNECT 1200 followed by
instant garbage and drop out by the remote modem.) I talked to Avatex, and
the above was their recommended procedure for making such a connection.
When I was last at the remote site I tested this procedure to a friend
running VT100v? on an A1000 and an Avatex 1200 modem -- with the same result.
The modem on the VAX is a Racal Vadic 212(something).
There seem to be three possiblities: VT100v2.6 is not capable of
handling this, the Avatex 1200 modem is not capable of doing this, or there
is a bizarre incompatibility between the two modems. Does anyone have
advice about this problem? (If VT100 is not currently capable of doing
such a thing, perhaps this could be added to the list of desired changes in
new versions.)
e-mail replies to me at: arxt@sphinx.uchicago.edu
Thanks. Pat Palmer