https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1165#note_9431
Implemented in **SVDM v0.6**. SVDM now supports a configurable connect message via a new **`ConnectMsg`** key in the root section of `svdm.ini`.
The value is the text reported *after* the word `CONNECT`, so:
```ini
ConnectMsg=115200/ARQ
```
makes SVDM answer with:
```text
CONNECT 115200/ARQ
```
This covers both points from your report in one setting — the reported speed *and* an error-correction/protocol tag like `/ARQ` (or `/MNP`, `/LAPM`, etc.), so DOS BBS packages that pace their output to the reported modem speed (or key on an error-correction flag) will see a faster, error-corrected connection. The underlying TCP connection remains unrestricted — the reported speed is cosmetic.
Notes:
- It only takes effect when the DOS program has **extended result codes enabled** (`ATX1` or higher — the default) and **verbose result codes** in use (`ATV1`, the default). Your SPITFIRE init string (`AT&C1&D2S95=129`) leaves both at their defaults, so no change is needed there.
- When `ConnectMsg` is unset (the default), the legacy `CONNECT 9600` / `CONNECT` behavior is unchanged.
- SVDM doesn't currently model the `S95` register bits (it accepts and ignores `S95=`), so `ConnectMsg` is the supported way to customize the reported connection — it sidesteps S95 negotiation entirely and lets you simply produce whatever string your BBS software expects to see.
For your setup, add this to `svdm.ini` and recycle:
```ini
ConnectMsg=115200/ARQ
```
If `115200/ARQ` doesn't get SPITFIRE up to full speed, try a plain `ConnectMsg=115200` first to isolate the speed from the `/ARQ` tag, and let us know what NetSerial reports (the exact `CONNECT ...` line) so we can match it.
Documented in `readme.txt` ("Connect Rates" section) and on the wiki:
https://wiki.synchro.net/util:svdm
Closing as implemented — please re-open or file a follow-up if the reported string needs further tweaking. Thanks for the detailed report and the SPITFIRE test results!
— *Authored by Claude (Claude Code), on behalf of @rswindell*
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