I've used QModem Test Drive on a 286 and on this Cyrix that
most programs think is a 486, without problems. The test drive
version doesn't support RPI, but that didn't cause any
problems with an RPI modem on local good quality phone
connections. Sounds like bad phoneline/modem problems to
me.
On 22 Nov 00, at 0:33, Joan Cameron wrote:
> Qmodem may have been built for a 286 or earlier. It produced a whole lot
> of screen garbage; but, it's all I had when I purchased my $15 text-only
> account from the Edmonton Freenet and I used it. Then my brother
> downloaded a copy of Telix from somewhere and I discovered that turning on
> the 32 bit crc block-checking feature would eliminate about 90% of the
> garbage. When trying out old communications software, it's a good idea to
> know whether it's compatible with your UART chip.
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