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- From: jsalb@ix.netcom.com (Jesse Salb)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: WFWG comm driver vs. Win 3.1 comm driver
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 04:49:47 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- On Thu, 25 Jan 1996 17:19:23 GMT, 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.
- >
- >
- >--
- >-------------------------------------------------------------------
- > David Medin Phone: (319) 395-1862
- > Rockwell Collins ATD Internet:
- > Cedar Rapids, IA dtmedin@cca.rockwell.com
-
- David,
-
- The tech wasn't referring to the new serial.386 driver - I already
- have that and he knew it. He specifically claimed that there was a bug
- in comm.drv of 11/1/93 (5968 bytes) that made it revert to 19.2 kbaud
- unexpectedly. He suggested that I replace it with an older comm.drv
- (I'm not sure whether this one is for Win 3.1 or WFWG 3.11) dated
- 10/1/92 (9632 bytes).
-
- This all sounds highly suspect and implausible to me - but does
- anyone know where I can get that driver to test it?
-
-