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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: Using MTEZ to fax under OS/2 2.0 (any hints welcomed)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.081812.19779@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Aug12.162731.11939@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 08:18:12 GMT
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- Slan (rhymes with pawn) (bradleyt@spot.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
- >
- > I'm having a problem with the fax part and I recall seeing
- > a long discussion on faxing under OS/2 here a couple of
- > months ago. At the time, unfortunately, I didn't have any
- > interest because I didn't have a fax modem, but now I do.
- >
- > The problem I've having (and it's a doozy) is that whenever
- > I use the FAX portion of MTEZ, when I go to exit the program,
- > it completely stops OS/2 with a Trap 000d. The program seems
- > to work fine under standalone DOS, but in an OS/2 VDM, it
- > just brings the whole system down (which, from my understanding
- > of the concept of virtual machines and protected operating
- > systems, isn't supposed to happen).
- >
- > Now, in rapid fire list format, here are my questions:
- >
- > 1. Does anyone else use MTEZ under OS/2 2.0? If so, is it
- > possible to get the fax part to work?
-
- I use it but not much. I have a Zoom v32bis internal faxmodem. I have
- used FAXMAN (the fax part of MTEZ) in a VDM and it worked. I didn't play
- with it much but I do know I have never got any TRAP errors ever.
-
- >
- > 2. Is my recollection that DOS fax programs in general are
- > not suitable for OS/2 correct?
- >
- > 3. Considering the big deal made about how advanced OS/2 is
- > because it protects DOS sessions from one another, how is it
- > that one single program can kill the whole OS/2 system?
-
- I have wondered this myself...
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-