mdoyle@oracle.uucp (03/31/89)
I'm having a weird problem with my ST that I was hoping someone on the net could help me with. Whenever I call up long-distance bulletin boards, the following symptoms repeat when I download files or a lot of text is sent to me at once from the host computer at 1200 baud: (1) The connection is fine, and I correctly receive all characters sent. (2) Suddenly, I start getting garbage characters instead of the downloaded text. These garbage characters can be anything from a bunch of 'k's to many percent signs mixed in with random characters. The characters keep streaming in for a random time (several hundred to a thousand or so characters). The stream of garbage characters does not stop if the text being downloaded finishes. (3) I start receiving the download correctly again (if it is still continuing) for a random amount of time (usually a few hundred characters or so), then get garbage characters again, etc., etc. This problem does not occur if I connect at 300 baud, or connect to any local bulletin board. The long distance bulletin boards I have used are 3000 miles away (San Francisco to the Boston area), and I haven't tried to call up other places in the US. I have tried switching modems and using different terminal-emulator software, but that doesn't seem to help. It sounds like some buffer in the ST is overflowing somehow, but I wouldn't have a clue as to what it was or how to fix it. Does anyone have any ideas? ----- Micah Doyle mdoyle@oracle.com 415-498-8197