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- MSUP - Modem SUPervisor
-
- MSUP allows a CompuPro system with MPM86 or MPM8-16 to run
- Communication software without loosing characters and allowing more than
- one Modem to be used simultaneously. If only One COM channel is available,
- or all are used by users on the system, the use of Mutual eXclusion queues
- will prevent any other user from grabing the modem. MSUP was tested at speeds
- of up to 19200 bps in file transfer modes and up to 2400 bps in ASCII mode
- on a system with the 8085/88 Cpu board installed. Higher speeds may be possible
- with the 8086 board and I sure would like to hear from anyone with a 80286 !
-
- Modem programs should of course make use of MSUP otherwise MSUP
- doesn't do much good ! M8MPMIN.A86 is the source listing for the overlay
- to go with MDM8xx and can be used with MDM8xx or adapted to work with another
- 8086 Modem program. (Also SYSMPM.A86 is available from the author to run
- with the 16 bit version of MODEM901)
-
-
- Installing MSUP is a relatively simple procedure. After assembling
- MSUP.A86 with ASM86 and generating MSUP.CMD with GENCMD, rename MSUP.CMD to
- MSUP.RSP. Run GENSYS to generate a new MPM.SYS file and include MSUP.RSP.
- Answer all the GENSYS questions as specified in the CompuPro MPM 8-16 manual
- except for the Number of System flags which should be 51 with MSUP installed.
- Next copy the terminal and printer option files TTYS and LPRS into the files
- TTYSC and LPRSC respectively:
-
- PIP TTYSC=TTYS
- PIP LPRSC=LPRS
-
- Do NOT INCLUDE THE CONSOLE NUMBERS to be used as communication channels in the
- TTYS and TTYSC files as otherwise these channels will be used by MPM as
- ordinary consoles. Last but not least create the file COMCH as per example 1
- specifiying the Console numbers to be used as communication channels. After
- booting MPM with MSUP installed, MSUP will print a message on the system
- console indicating it is active. The creation of the new comm. channels can be
- verified by running MPMSTAT and looking for the MXmodemN queues.
-
- If you have any problems installing MSUP.RSP and getting it to run
- let me know.
-
- - 09/20/84 - Alex Soya
- P.O. Box 121
- Melbourne Bch.
- FL. 32951
-
- Melbourne RCPM (305) 259-7955
-
-
- Example 1: COMCH file format
-
- N: [Comment] <CR><LF>
-
- N = Console number to be used as Communication channel
- Comment is optional. Each line must be terminated
- by a Carriage Return, Line Feed sequence.
- The last line must be terminated by <CR><LF><EOF>
- (EOF is a Ctrl-Z).
-
- eg:
-
- 2: Phone line 1
- 3: Phone line 2
-
-