Help with GPL modems???

Hi all, Ok, let me start by saying I've read Alison's FAQs. But... Does anyone play online SUCESSFULLY with a serial (external) modem? I have a crappy internal Win modem now... I know what bad things it does, so I won't use it for GPL, and that's why I haven't been on VROC yet. But I do also have a 33.6 USR Sportster external... will this be adequate for GPL if "buffed out" using all of Alison's modem settings?? (BTW, the rest of my system is a 233 MMX oc'ed to 261, 8MB Thriller, 96 MB RAM... I don't have any problems with turning down most if not all detail to get playability). Thanks in advance, Dave -- Dave Schwabe The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

Any decent 33.6 non-winmodem (controlerless) type modem should work fine. In fact, it wasn't until I disabled 56k and V.90 on a 56k modem that I got reliable connections to GPL hosts. GPL only requires something like 23k of bandwidth on the client side. Marty

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> Hi all, > Ok, let me start by saying I've read Alison's FAQs. But... > Does anyone play online SUCESSFULLY with a serial (external) > modem? I have a crappy internal Win modem now... I know what bad things > it does, so I won't use it for GPL, and that's why I haven't been on > VROC yet. > But I do also have a 33.6 USR Sportster external... will this be > adequate for GPL if "buffed out" using all of Alison's modem settings?? > (BTW, the rest of my system is a 233 MMX oc'ed to 261, 8MB Thriller, 96 > MB RAM... I don't have any problems with turning down most if not all > detail to get playability). > Thanks in advance, > Dave > -- > Dave Schwabe > The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site > http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

Yes, it should do quite well. I have used a 28.8 modem and great online connections. % Hi all, % Ok, let me start by saying I've read Alison's FAQs. But... % Does anyone play online SUCESSFULLY with a serial (external) % modem? I have a crappy internal Win modem now... I know what bad things % it does, so I won't use it for GPL, and that's why I haven't been on % VROC yet. % But I do also have a 33.6 USR Sportster external... will this be % adequate for GPL if "buffed out" using all of Alison's modem settings?? % (BTW, the rest of my system is a 233 MMX oc'ed to 261, 8MB Thriller, 96 % MB RAM... I don't have any problems with turning down most if not all % detail to get playability). % Thanks in advance, % Dave % -- % Dave Schwabe % The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site % http://users.wi.net/~schwabe -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

As long as your computer is configured right, you have a good ISP, and pings to the host are good, then everything works perfectly (most of the time). It all depends on the host being set up right more than anything else in most cases.

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> Hi all, > Ok, let me start by saying I've read Alison's FAQs. But... > Does anyone play online SUCESSFULLY with a serial (external) > modem? I have a crappy internal Win modem now... I know what bad things > it does, so I won't use it for GPL, and that's why I haven't been on > VROC yet. > But I do also have a 33.6 USR Sportster external... will this be > adequate for GPL if "buffed out" using all of Alison's modem settings?? > (BTW, the rest of my system is a 233 MMX oc'ed to 261, 8MB Thriller, 96 > MB RAM... I don't have any problems with turning down most if not all > detail to get playability). > Thanks in advance, > Dave > -- > Dave Schwabe > The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site > http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

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My brother has a U.S. Robotics 56K V.90 Voice INT PnP modem (ISA) - can anyone tell me what a good setting is for GPL should be and how to set it? Is this done with a modem initialization string in the Advanced Connection Settings of the modem properties of the Dial-up Networking connection? Thanks in advance, Brian

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>Any decent 33.6 non-winmodem (controlerless) type modem should work fine. >In fact, it wasn't until I disabled 56k and V.90 on a 56k modem that I got >reliable connections to GPL hosts. >GPL only requires something like 23k of bandwidth on the client side. >Marty

Yes and yes. (Not to be glib, but it's a number of settings.) See some of the help files on the VROC site (http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc/) for modem and DUN tuning tips. "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark