If your screen display does not keep up with your typing, try to isolate the source of the problem:

1. Local PC
   If there are other applications running on the PC, try closing them. Does that improve performance?
2. Router/Configuration
   Open a command prompt and type

   tracert server

   Replace “server” with the hostname or IP address of the server you’re connecting to. The speed should be lower than 100 ms for good connections.

3. Host System
   At a command prompt on the host, execute the top or sar command. If the speed is less than 30%, your server is low on resources.

Using TinyTERM 3.3 on Windows 95, when connecting you may get “Error (620) Reserve sockets in use.” This indicates a TCP/IP problem. To fix it, delete TCP/IP from the network properties, reboot the PC and then reinstall TCP/IP.

Using TERM on AIX 3.2.5, you may have problems using modems. In particular, you may need to power the modem off and on after starting TERM for it to connect.  Setup strings are the same (ATZ\r) for all three Motorola modems. To resolve this, apply the most recent AIX 3.2.5.5 service pack.

Using TERM Professional 3.3 on Windows 95, if you shut down the PC, it immediately reboots. If Century NFS is removed, the machine shuts down properly.

This is usually caused by a load order issue between NFS and TCP/IP. To clear it, remove NFS from the system, then remove TCP/IP. Reinstall NFS before adding TCP/IP back in.

In TinyTERM version 4.x for Windows, you can have multiple IP addresses or telephone numbers in one .tpx file. For each phone number or address you want to use, open the Session Properties and enter it in the “Host name, IP address or phone number” line. Click OK, then save the session. Repeat this until you have entered them all. Make sure “Establish connection on open” is not checked.

To choose from the listed numbers, open the Session Properties. The “Host name, IP address or phone number” line will be a drop-down list, showing your multiple addresses and phone numbers. Select the one you want, then click OK. Connect as usual.

Using TinyTERM 3.3 on Windows 95, it hangs when clicking the Modem button in the communications setup screen. This will happen if the modem is not configured correctly in Windows. You can do that through Control Panel.

If the modem looks like it’s set up correctly, but TinyTERM still hangs when trying to configure it, delete the modem from Windows. Reboot the PC and re-add it. That will refresh the modem driver.

Using TinyTERM Plus Edition 4.02 on Windows 98, a modem session connects properly. However, once connected the keyboard response is extremely slow, and it seems like it is using all the laptop’s system resources.

This happens when the baud rate for the modem is set too high; i.e., 115,000. Lower the baud rate in Control Panel to match the remote host’s maximum speed. If there is no exact match, use the baud rate that is just higher than the host’s.

This happens on Windows 95 when the modem is listed twice in Control Panel. HyperTerminal can ignore the second modem, but TinyTERM 3.3. and earlier versions can’t. Deleting the duplicate modem will solve the problem.

Using TinyTERM 3.2 on Windows 95 via a serial line, TinyTERM will fail to get a login prompt. HyperTerminal works on the same connection.To fix this, edit the .tap file with any text editor. Search for the line:

rts=OFF

Change OFF to ON.  This is a bug in the handling of DTR on and off commands.

Windows defaults to disconnecting a modem after a set idle period. To increase that timeout, open the Control Panel and go to the Phone and Modem Options. Open the properties for your modem. On the Advanced tab, click the Change Default Preferences button. You can set the idle timeout there.