rec.autos.simulators

by **131A50000-KwonJY(DR33** » Fri, 26 Apr 1996 04:00:00

Well, last night (Wed Apr 24 1996) I attempted to try out the
multiplayer NASCAR Racing. I installed hawaii.exe, went through the
eterm.bat routine, and finally got to "Dial Network."

The modem dials out long distance :( and I get the typical CONNECT
xxxxx message. The dbiterm program comes up, then a short pause, and
then I get a "cannot connect" popup window. The terminal then says
"connecting...," but after a short pause I get "cannot connect" again
and the modem drops the connection.

I've tried 10 or so times, each time changing settings (modem
parameters, ATZ, AT&F, etc.), but I always got the above
behavior. Can anyone offer helpful advice? Have they stopped
accepting new users?

--
-Jim

by **David Mellenth** » Fri, 26 Apr 1996 04:00:00

I tried last night also to logon to the service and it took me perhaps
six or seven tries before it let me in. Common symptoms were the
'cannot connect' variety. Once you get in though....... wow! Had to
literally drag myself away.... Can't wait for local access numbers!!

-Dave

>Well, last night (Wed Apr 24 1996) I attempted to try out the
>multiplayer NASCAR Racing. I installed hawaii.exe, went through the
>eterm.bat routine, and finally got to "Dial Network."
>The modem dials out long distance :( and I get the typical CONNECT
>xxxxx message. The dbiterm program comes up, then a short pause, and
>then I get a "cannot connect" popup window. The terminal then says
>"connecting...," but after a short pause I get "cannot connect" again
>and the modem drops the connection.
>I've tried 10 or so times, each time changing settings (modem
>parameters, ATZ, AT&F, etc.), but I always got the above
>behavior. Can anyone offer helpful advice? Have they stopped
>accepting new users?
>--
>-Jim

by **Scurvyd** » Fri, 26 Apr 1996 04:00:00

>Well, last night (Wed Apr 24 1996) I attempted to try out the
>multiplayer NASCAR Racing. I installed hawaii.exe, went through the
>eterm.bat routine, and finally got to "Dial Network."
>The modem dials out long distance :( and I get the typical CONNECT
>xxxxx message. The dbiterm program comes up, then a short pause, and
>then I get a "cannot connect"

I had same problem but after I changed my username
from 9 to 8 charactors Ive had no problems since. So if you picked a
long username shorten it up.

MP
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MP
Scurvydog #00 Simpson-Cowlings Motorsports
http://pwp.usa.pipeline.com/~scurvydog/index.htm
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by **Charlie Hea** » Sat, 27 Apr 1996 04:00:00

>>The modem dials out long distance :( and I get the typical CONNECT
>>xxxxx message. The dbiterm program comes up, then a short pause, and
>>then I get a "cannot connect"

>I had same problem but after I changed my username
>from 9 to 8 charactors Ive had no problems since. So if you picked a
>long username shorten it up.

MP - I think it was just a coincidence that you got in with an 8 character
long user ID but not with a 9 character long one. There were some problems
on the service last night which caused one of the servers to drop some
connections - we've been running at much higher loads for longer periods of
time now that we are in open beta, so the warp drive engines need a bit of
burn in time, as you can imagine. I think we solved the particular problem
people were having last night, but some other problems are likely to get
shaken out with Hawaii running near capacity for extended hours (as well as
some likely busy signals, since we've only got 128 lines in to the service
at this point!), so bear with us if you can't get though, and feel free to
contact the hawaii help contacts if you're stuck or if you think you found
a bug which should be brought to our attention. See you racin...

Charlie Heath

by **David Marti** » Tue, 30 Apr 1996 04:00:00

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I thought my modem was screwed up or
NASCAR wasn't recognizing for 2 days. Nothing I tried worked. It turned out that when you
choose Dial Network from the menu, it says that you are already connect, Resume (Yes, No).
Well, since I knew the phone hadn't dialed beacuse I didn't hear anything and it certainly
didn't take long enough for it to connect, I chose Yes. Everytime, it wouldn't do anything.
Just for kicks, I chose No once. Whala, it began dialing. The word resume is very misleading
there and it caused me 2 days of frustration. I hopes this helps someone.

David Martin
IVL Series Director

by **Frank Perreau** » Fri, 03 May 1996 04:00:00

>I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I thought my modem was
screwed up or
>NASCAR wasn't recognizing for 2 days. Nothing I tried worked. It turned out
that when you
>choose Dial Network from the menu, it says that you are already connect,
Resume (Yes, No).
>Well, since I knew the phone hadn't dialed beacuse I didn't hear anything and
it certainly
>didn't take long enough for it to connect, I chose Yes. Everytime, it
wouldn't do anything.
>Just for kicks, I chose No once. Whala, it began dialing. The word resume is
very misleading
>there and it caused me 2 days of frustration. I hopes this helps someone.
>
>David Martin
>IVL Series Director

You want to make sure you don't have DIP switches and/or your &C modem setting
set to force Carrier Detect (CD) on (&C0). CD is typically used to to indicate
to software that the modem is connected to another.

You want to set the DIP switch so that CD setting is operating in Normal mode
(&C1).

--- Frank ---

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