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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Caldera OpenDOS Task Manager
Message-ID: <1997Mar8.150620.95382@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 97 15:06:20 MDT
References: <1997Mar7.114123.13391@lafn.org>
Organization: Utah State University
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In article <1997Mar7.114123.13391@lafn.org>, aw585@lafn.org (Dallas Legan) writes:
> I found that MS-DOS Kermit scripts seemed to hang when
> run under Caldera OpenDOS 7.01 with the Task Manager
> activated. When I tried 'set terminal timeslice-release disable',
> like in OS/2, the scripts ran with the Task Manager running.
> The kermit.upd file says that this should only be active when
> in connect mode, which is not the case running a script.
> Are command files an exception along with connect mode?
>
> It also seems prone to lockup when entering the control
> characters to exit the LA FreeNet PICO editor.
> I've found that I can quit and restart without losing
> the connection, and get the edit session ended, but this is a
> bit annoying. It may be something else with my PC setup causing this
> problem.
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I can't comment on OpenDOS, not having touched it. In general
don't dream of "task switching" communications programs because they
have interrupt driven i/o active much of the time.
SET TERM TIMESLICE is indeed effectively only in Connect mode.
Joe D.