SVN “Could not read status line: connection was closed by server”

When I setup op a simple svn server with
svnserve -d -r D:/svn-database --listen-port 12345
My tortoisesvn client replied “Could not read status line: connection was closed by server”

Then tried to connect via the web browser and the reply was:
( success ( 2 2 ( ) ( edit-pipeline svndiff1 absent-entries commit-revprops depth log-revprops partial-replay ) ) )

With Google and I found this:
http://www.thinkplexx.com/learn/howto/scm/svn/fix-could-not-read-status-line-connection-was-closed-by-server

Solution
The svnserve protocol was svn and I tried http, duh!
svn://localhost:12345

This fixed the obscure svn message “Could not read status line: connection was closed by server”