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- From: mwhitney@tricon.net (Mike Whitney)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: WFWG comm driver vs. Win 3.1 comm driver
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 04:35:52 GMT
- Organization: The Tri-Cities Connection
- Message-ID: <4ecaas$o6t@news.tricon.net>
- References: <31068dbd.82725947@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <4e6dlj$ns0@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <DLqysB.M6B@lazrus.cca.rockwell.com>
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- dtmedin@cca.rockwell.com (David T. Medin) wrote:
-
- >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.
-
- Read the section "Why does Windows lock up when I access my modem?"
- in John Navas' 28800 Modem FAQ. This is explained in detail.
-
- http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html#WindowsLockup
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