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- From: davidzad@shani.net (David Zadikoff)
- Subject: Re: COMM OVERRUNS @ 9600???
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- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 22:09:15 GMT
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- In article <3121F972.167EB0E7@crd.ge.com>, brooksby@crd.ge.com says...
- >
- >I'm running a 14.4 modem (it's RPI capable, but I have
- >that disabled) attached to a 20MHz 386sx. I've been
- >trying to run Trumpet Winsock (v2.0) and Netscape (v1.22).
- >Because of the lack expansion slots I'm stuck with the
- >built-in 8250 UART. At 14.4 I was getting a bunch of
- >comm overruns. So I thought I'd throttle the modem back
- >to 9600. I'm still getting a bunch of comm overruns!
- >What is wrong with this picture? I've tried everything
- >I can imagine and still these blasted overruns?
- >I'm running windows 3.1, over dos 6.0 (no compressed
- >drives/directories). The machine has 4MB of ram. I've
- >noticed that Netscape seems to make the HD thrash like
- >crazy. Might I have better luck with something like M/S
- >Internet Explorer?
- >
- >Any suggestions are welcome.
- >
- >G. Brooksby
- >brooksby@crd.ge.com
- To me it seems you need to update your com.drv in the system.ini file
- since you are running windows 3.1
- In windows 3.11 Microsoft improved the driver and it is not necessary to
- replace it. Try Cybercom which is freeware. It might help.
- davidzad@shani.net
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