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    From Nitro@618:300/54 to All on Sun Feb 26 12:08:21 2023
    Greetings,

    I had vmodem working version sio160d (using Sean Dennis's faq) suddenly tho typing vmodem at the prompt no longer starts it. I tried reinstalling, checking all the paths etc, but no dice.. Wondering if some update in arca may have broke it?
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    Regards,


    Nitro


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  • From Kevin Nunn@618:200/1 to Nitro on Mon Feb 27 08:05:14 2023
    NITRO wrote to ALL <=-

    I had vmodem working version sio160d (using Sean Dennis's faq) suddenly tho typing vmodem at the prompt no longer starts it. I tried reinstalling, checking all the paths etc, but no dice.. Wondering if
    some update in arca may have broke it? --

    What is happening when you try to start it up?

    I have 1.60d running here as well, never had an issue with vmodem that
    I can remember (besides it not being able to handle spam connects).

    Kev

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  • From Rick Smith@618:300/1 to Kevin Nunn on Mon Feb 27 05:06:52 2023
    Hello Kevin!

    Monday February 27 2023 08:05, you wrote to Nitro:

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    NITRO wrote to ALL <=-

    I had vmodem working version sio160d (using Sean Dennis's faq)
    suddenly tho typing vmodem at the prompt no longer starts it. I
    tried reinstalling, checking all the paths etc, but no dice..
    Wondering if some update in arca may have broke it? --

    What is happening when you try to start it up?

    I have 1.60d running here as well, never had an issue with vmodem that
    I can remember (besides it not being able to handle spam connects).

    nothing no error, just doesnt start.. Returns to prompt.

    Regards,

    Rick

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  • From Andrew Leary@618:100/1 to Rick Smith on Sun Mar 5 01:01:50 2023
    Hello Rick!

    Monday February 27 2023 05:06, Rick Smith wrote to Kevin Nunn:

    I have 1.60d running here as well, never had an issue with vmodem
    that I can remember (besides it not being able to handle spam
    connects).

    nothing no error, just doesnt start.. Returns to prompt.

    Check POPUPLOG.OS2 on your boot drive; most likely you'll see it crashed in TCP32DLL. If so, it's a conflict between the version of TCP/IP for OS/2 on your system and SIO. The only fix I've found is to use SIO2K instead of SIO.

    The technical reason for it is changes that IBM made to TCP/IP, dropping some rather arcane functions that weren't used often, although Ray Gwinn did use them in VMODEM versions for SIO v1.xx. I never did figure out exactly what version of TCP/IP for OS/2 the problem first appeared in. Installing SIO2K in place of SIO has fixed it on every system I've had that problem on.

    Andrew

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