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- From: dtmedin@cca.rockwell.com (David T. Medin)
- Subject: Re: WFWG comm driver vs. Win 3.1 comm driver
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- Organization: Rockwell Avionics - Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA
- References: <31068dbd.82725947@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <4e6dlj$ns0@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 17:19:23 GMT
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- In article <4e6dlj$ns0@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, billy@mix.com writes:
- > Jesse Salb <jsalb@ix.netcom.com> writes:
- >
- > > In trying to troubleshoot an intermittent hang I've been having with
- > > Procomm/Win 2.11, a technician on their Compuserve forum told me to
- > > replace the COMM.DRV that comes with WFWG 3.11 with the older COMM
- > > driver that came with Win 3.1. Can this possibly be right? It was my
- > > impression that the WFWG driver is vastly improved over the older
- > > driver, much faster, etc.
- >
- > No, no, no - these are two very different 'operating systems' (using
- > the term very loosly here) and the drivers for them are also different.
- > This will NOT work.
- >
- > What you want is the Cybercomm driver, available just about anywhere.
-
- They are different drivers, alright, and won't work in reverse. I
- think what the tech meant was to get the new serial.386 driver for WFW
- (available free from multiple sources including the Microsoft Download
- Service). Incidentally, many manufacturers recommend the comm.drv over
- any other alternative driver including Cybercomm. Comm.drv will also
- not interfere with RAS operations if you use RAS under WFW 3.11.
-
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