Hello all,
I have rewritten my aracdial.bat file that I have been using with
my Netdial 1.3 - Arachne 1.60 combination. The new one is attached.
Problem I had, only on this Compaq 575, was that the computer would
sometimes lock up after the packet driver was installed, and the script
would never get to Arachne 1.60. I had to turn the power off on the
computer and start over. It was a buggy script, so I am replacing it.
I have sent a copy to Jack Carter, who is trying to get a Compaq 590
to connect with Arachne 1.60. Please note that epppd is loaded high,
and that'll work on setups that have enough Upper Memory to take
epppd, about 70K. Those of us that have these machines have had trouble
with the usual Arachne dialup setup, so I have put
together the Netdial 1.3 - Arachne 1.60 combination to use on them.
Thanks,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
@echo off
rem A version of Bobcat's bcatdial.bat for use with Arachne.
rem This copy goes in c:\netdial directory. Version for web.bat
rem Modified to boot up Arachne after connection made.
rem this is a smaller version with no text boxes.
rem clear the screen and set screen color.
cls
setscrn
rem dial up the ISP
:DIAL
echo Dialing Intop ISP for Arachne 1.60
NETDIAL BASE 0x2F8 IRQ 3 38400
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO :BUSY
goto :PKTDRVR
:BUSY
echo No Response - will redial the ISP - Esc to quit.
Holdit 3 > nul
if errorlevel 200 goto :END
if errorlevel 0 goto :DIAL
setscrn
goto :DIAL
rem starting epppd
:PKTDRVR
echo Logged in to Intop ISP - Going to Arachne 1.60
@lh epppd base 0x2F8 irq 3 pktvec 0x60 38400 asyncmap 0 crtscts
call IP-UP.bat
rem set GATEWAY=%REMIP%
echo my_ip=%MYIP% > path.cfg
echo gateway=%remip% >> path.cfg
echo netmask=%netmask% >> path.cfg
echo nameserver=206.156.254.2 >> path.cfg
echo nameserver=206.156.2.0 >> path.cfg
echo Ip address set to %MYIP%
Holdit 5 > nul
if errorlevel 200 goto :END
rem packet driver loaded, so ready to start Arachne
rem change to arachne directory, run arachne.bat
:ARACHNE
C:
cd C:\ARACHNE
arachne.bat %1 %2 %3 %4
:END
echo Remove Packet Driver and Disconnect.
Holdit 2 > nul
rem remove the packet driver and hang up the phone
termin 0x60
netdial BASE 0x2F8 IRQ 3 hangup
COMPAQ deskpro 575
