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- From: d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Commercial comm programs for OS/2
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 10:59:05 GMT
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- >I do not want "everything" without paying for anything. I do expect a
- >comm program to manage 9600 baud transfers w/o bringing a 386-class
- >machine to its knees. When m2zmodem is in use, my system is basically
- >unusuable for ANY other task. Under the default high priority setting
- >(for 9600 baud+ transfers) the word "basically" doesn't even apply.
- >TE/2 uses the same COM.SYS that m2zmodem uses and manages not to bring
- >my machine to a crawl. If TE/2 didn't crash occasionally with COM1
- >not available messages and had better zmodem error recovery, we
- >wouldn't be having this discussion. For the record, my machine has a
- >16450 UART.
-
- What type of 386 machine are you talking about? SX/DX ?? Mhz? I still
- think your demands are higher than your willingness to pay for what you
- want. On my PS/2 L40SX (20 Mhx 386/SX) ANY COM-program running at
- 9600 bauds continously will put the machine into a crawl. To demand
- that you with this type of computer should be able to do a lot of other
- things concurrently is to demand too much.
-
- Why do you think you can't find any program that suits your demands?
- TE/2 crashes, M2Zmodem puts everything to a crawl and so on. I wish
- you all the luck in your search (you will need it)... BTW if you
- register TE/2 you will get improved zmodem error recovery.
-
- And for the record. There is no difference between a 8250 and 16450
- type of UART that has any significance in this case. Neither of them
- are buffered and their function are identical.
-
- Mikael Wahlgren
-