Subject: Windows 3.1 and Baycom Modem TCP/IP networking
To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
In article <32ga9m$f1n@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ei938@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Andrew J Lynch) writes:
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>Packet Radio Folks,
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>I have a question regarding Windows 3.1 or WFW and ham/packet radio: Is there a Windows or WFW driver available for the Baycom packt radio modem that would allow TCP/IP networking functions over packet radio?
The problem with Baycom and Windows is that Baycom is dependent on
precise processor timing to do bit banging, and heavily uses interrupts.
Windows is a *cooperative* multitasker that doesn't do a good job of
protecting memory and often doesn't allow precise timing because of ill
behaved applications or heavy loads. So you get either very poor performance,
or even hangs and crashes when you attempt to mate Baycom with Windows.
If you must run Windows, a hardware TNC will give much fewer problems.
Gary
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