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- From: bpackert@hyperlogic.com (Bonnie Packert)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: WFWG comm driver vs. Win 3.1 comm driver
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 20:03:06 GMT
- Organization: HyperLogic Corporation
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- jsalb@ix.netcom.com (Jesse Salb) wrote:
-
- >> ... 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.
-
- >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).
-
- What follows is a copy of a portion of a message I saved. It was
- posted on Compuserve by someone from Microsoft Product Support
- Services in response to a user who had lost use of a plotter on a
- serial port in upgrading from Win 3.1 to WfWG 3.11.
-
- -bp
-
- ==========================================================
- There have been a number of issues with the new comm driver for WFW.
- Unfortunately, there is no fix available. Most likely this will be
- addressed
- in the next version of Windows.
-
- Basically, the new comm.drv is just a pointer to LPT.386 or
- Serial.386,
- whichever the case may be. The only problem with using the Windows
- 3.1 comm
- driver is that you would not be able to use the AWFAX or RAS software
- that
- comes with WFW 3.11 with the old comm.drv.
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