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- ║ The DIAMOND Team Europe BBS ║
- ║ State as of July 96 ║
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- Contents of this README File
-
- - What offers the BBS?
- - Requirements to contact this BBS?
- - How to get contact to our BBS? Modems that are in use.
- - Troubleshooting
- - Internet
- - CompuServe
-
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- What offers the BBS?
- ====================
- Software Updates may be obtained free of charge from our Bulletin Board Service.
- Additional there are offered a lot of information, i.g. about new products,
- press releases, product information, data sheeds and answers from our
- hotline to frequently asked questions for all our products.
- The BBS surface (menus) is available in german and english, all system
- prompts are available in 8 languages.
-
- Requirements to contact the BBS?
- ================================
- All you need is a modem or ISDN board connected with your PC and the
- phone net and a terminal software (is mostly contained in the delivery
- package of the modem).
- The box is free of charge and no registration is needed.
-
- Which phone number? Which modems are in use?
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- DIAMOND Team Europe BBS / Germany:
- ----------------------------------
- * Main Number for 28.800 (max. 28.800 Baud, v.34):
- +49-(0)8151/266 333 (18 lines)
-
- * ISDN Line
- +49-(0)8151/266 334 (ISDN lines)
-
- Use a terminal program that also supports ISDN (i.e. TERMINAT),
- configure for x.75 and 38400 Baud. Use Zmodem (or Zmodem 8k).
- Mostly you also need a FOSSIL driver.
-
- DIAMOND Team Europe in UK
- ---------------------
- DIAMOND UK: +44-1189-4444-15
-
-
- How to configure your modem?
- ============================
- Configure your modem as follows:
- * 9600, 14400, 19200 or 28800 Baud (depending on modem)
- * 8 data bits; 1 stop bit; no parity
- * Terminal Emulation: ANSI.SYS (Emulatormodus ANSI.BBS)
- also : TTY
- * File Transfer Protokol (communication between both modem)
- Zmodem (that we recommanded)
- Ymodem, Ymodem -G
- Xmodem, Xmodem /1k, Xmodem /1k -G
- * float control (communication between modem and PC):
- Hardware Handshaking (RTS/CTS)
- ATTENTION! NOT software handshaking (Xon/Xoff)!
- * Compression (MNP5, V.42bis): OFF !!!
-
- Availability
- ============
- Daily 24 h online, but daily 5.15 AM upto ca. 5.30 AM there are some
- refresh works.
-
- Troubleshooting
- ===============
- Problems concerning the connection
- ----------------------------------
- P: You are using ISDN and you could not get a connection to our ISDN line.
- A: - Don't use the common ISDN software (Verzeichnis holen, Directory) but
- use a terminal program that supports ISDN (i.e. shareware TERMINAT,
- available in the BBS).
- - Load x.75 and configure for 38400 baud. Use Zmodem (8k).
-
- P: You have a 2400 baud connection only, although your modem supports
- higher speeds.
- A: - If the lines are very bad the modem will set the speed on lower level
- automatically to get an error-free connection.
- Please call again to get a better line or call later when phone net is
- not so busy.
-
- P: Immediately after getting a connect (connect xxx) this connection is
- lost.
- A: - Check the basics adjustments of your modem as described in the bulletin
- 'How to configure your modem?'.
- - Deactivate compression: select a lower speed!!
-
- P: Immediately after getting a connect (connect xxx) you get AT commands
- on your screen.
- A: - The called modem was just in initializing, please call again.
-
- P: Immediately after getting a connect (connect xxx) you get undefined chars
- on your screen.
- A: - Maybe these faults are caused by bad lines. Please call again to get a
- better line or call later when phone net is not so busy.
- - The chars appears like impulses? Please check whether there are any
- impulse counter is connected with your phone line.
-
- P: Special chars (e.g. menu frames, lines,..) are not displayed as such ones
- but as characters or control chars.
- A: -The terminal emulation you have chosen in configuring your modem is wrong.
- Select ANSI.BBS (see bulletin 'basis adjustings'). Note: ANSI.SYS has to
- be loaded via CONFIG.SYS.
- -For customers who use the Windows 3.1 tool TERMINAL.EXE: This software
- offers no terminal emulation that shows all ansi sequeces correctly. To
- work nevertheless with this program and our BBS please select
- 'DEC VT-100 (ANSI)'. Using this emulation the lines, frames,.. are dis-
- played with characters - not correct but readable. So you can altthough
- work with the menus.
- If you want to have a really correct display you have to use another
- terminal software.
- - Win 95 & HyperTerminal: Select font 'Terminal'.
-
- Possible problems concerning the download
- -----------------------------------------
- P: There is no succesful download: Sending file process will not be started.
- ("No files to send").
- A: - You are in the wrong file area now and the file that you desire so cannot
- be found in this file area. (e.g. you want to downlaod a Win 95 driver
- for MIRAGE but you are momentary in the area 'MIRAGE - OS/2 Drivers').
- -> The current file area is displayed in the download menu, right, on the
- top!
- Using 'B - List of files in the current area' you can check, whether the
- desired file is available in this file area with the used name.
- -You have not entered the right file name (error in entering).
- -The protocol that you entered doesn't agree with the protocol that you
- have selected in your modem configuration.
- If you had chosen e.g. Zmodem in YOUR terminal program you MUST also enter
- Zmodem in the BBS!
- -There are some modems that needs pressing the >PageDown< or >Bild ab<
- key to start the file transfer. So press this key when you have entered >S<
- for 'Start transfer...'.
- IMPORTANT: Especially with 2400 modem you must be patient - the modems
- need some time for initializing!
- - Please check: Does the named destination directory exist? Is there
- enough space? Do you have rights to write in this directory (network!).
-
-
- P: There is no succesful download: The sending process is cancelled.
- A: -The protocol that you entered doesn't agree with the protocol that you
- have selected in your modem configuration.
- If you had chosen e.g. Zmodem in YOUR terminal program you MUST also enter
- Zmodem in the BBS!
- - Select in YOUR modem software Hardware Handshaking (RTS/CTS) as float
- control protocol (communication between your modem and your PC)
- Do NOT select software Float Control (Xon/Xoff)!
- - Deactivate "Compressing data" (V42.bis), all files are already packed
- files. Further compressing is not possible and there may occure problems
- or time delays caused by the vain attempts to compress the files.
- - check the speed modem - COM port: If you have the UART chip type
- 8250/16450 you can only use speeds upto 9600 bit/s. For HS modems you
- better use the chip type 16550 - so are bit rates of 38400 and also 57600
- bit/s possible! Use COMTEST (available in our BBS) to check your
- COM port chip on COM 1 / COM 2.
-
- Internet
- ========
- Driver Updates for DIAMOMD products and the products of the "SPEA" series
- are also available via Internet
-
- www.spea.com European server
- www.diamondmm.com U.S.A. server
-
- CompuServe
- ==========
- You also can reach us via CompuServe:
- GO DIAMOND
- GO SPEA
- There - in this worldwide medium - you can also download the most current
- drivers and utilities for all our products.
- Only requirement: You have already CompuServe access (authorization, modem).
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