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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: MS-Kermit Molasses Mode
Message-Id: <1995Oct9.145756.63193@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 9 Oct 95 14:57:56 MDT
References: <1995Oct7.224616.63072@cc.usu.edu> <1995Oct9.162125.9414@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov>
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In article <1995Oct9.162125.9414@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov>, jack@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov (Jack Morrison) writes:
> In article 63072@cc.usu.edu, jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik) writes:
>
>>[I wrote:]
>>> Now, with no (intentional, anyway) changes to the PC, Kermit no longer
>>> works properly: it takes eons (well, 30-45 seconds) to start up, and
>>> generally runs veerrrrrryyyy slllloowwwwwwlllly.
>>> ...
>>> - anyone have a clue what this slowness problem is?
>
>> How about clueing us in on what you mean by COM4 and whether any
>>other device shares the IRQ and/or port address (in which case you'd deceased).
>>Still have a FAX driver hanging onto the modem???
>
> COM4 being 0x2E0/IRQ 3, if memory serves. No FAX or other drivers loaded.
Whoa! Please read the release docs which are packaged with MSK.
It appears that you have an IRQ conflict with COM2.
>> MSK runs very happily at nice high speeds, so the signs are that
>>something is NOT configured sensibly on your machine, but we can't begin to
>>guess what with the information at hand.
>
> Reasonable, except that no other programs show this problem. And an
> absolute bare-bones DOS boot (floppy with MSDOS 5.0, no config.sys and
> no autoexec.bat) made no difference.
>
>> Then, you might help us some by indicating whether you ran the
>>install material for the current Kermit. The reason for asking is mainly
>>to know if you are using a modem script and the script does not match
>>your modem.
>
> It's slow even before I start talking to the modem - heck, before I even tell
> it which com port to use. I can do a "DIR" command from the Kermit prompt
> and watch one line come out every few seconds.
That's DOS doing the DIR command for Kermit. That means your machine
is in trouble from causes which we can't see from here.
Joe D.