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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 11:20:12 -0700
From: agb@cs.washington.edu (Alan Bishop)
Subject: OS/2 PM Kermit Feedback
Keywords: OS/2 Kermit, Modems
In article <CMM.0.88.653601846.cmg@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> Wim Bonner writes:
>
> I am running OS/2 1.2, and was not able to get the lights on my modem to
> blink when I typed characters after Connecting. That is normally a good
> indication something is wrong. All of the other communication programs
> that I've tried work fine.
>
You need to play with the octs & so forth settings. Look under the
communcations setup bit & toggle all the settings on the line that has OCTS
listed. It works fine for me.
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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 14:23:25 EDT
From: "Robert E. Zaret" <ZARET%MITVMA@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu>
Subject: OS/2 PM Kermit Feedback
Keywords: OS/2 Kermit
I did get the Presentation Manager version of Kermit working, but haven't
spent much time with it. I already have the full screen OS/2 Kermit and my
monitor is strict VGA, so I have no urge for a PM version. Thus, I wasn't
going to comment. However, the digest I received today asked for comments,
so:
My major dissappointment is lack of VT100 support. I assume its absence is
temporary. I've seen enough mangled emulators to believe VT100 emulation is
not trivial, so I'ld support a decision to leave it out until other parts
are settled. However, I have little use for a program without it.
I was able to communicate with my internal modem; the modem responded to a
query (ATS1?) and to dial commands.
I found no way to save settings.
The speed setting is labelled baud, rather than bps.
I would prefer one pull down menu for all communications settings
(com port, bps, parity, etc.)
I didn't find a documentation file, and the program itself mentioned
no way to get out of communication mode except by exiting the
program completely. I tried ctl-[, and it worked. This sequence
seems inconsistent with the DOS version, but I'm not sure
consistency matters, or is even possible.
I, too, found the program insisting on using a full screen. The
behavior of the maximimize box (upper right corner) seems odd,
but I'm not sure what it should do given the other problem.
I believe PM programs can find and use the user's preferences for colors,
as set in the control box. Definitely not a high priority.
Technical note: I'm using IBM OS/2 EE 1.2 on an IBM Model 80/311 with
an IBM 8513 monitor and an internal BusinessLand modem (not quite
all blue :-).