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- Subject: Re: Why can't I communicate???????
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.133914.10364@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 13:39:14 GMT
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
- References: <19920814.162634.983@almaden.ibm.com>
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
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- In article <19920814.162634.983@almaden.ibm.com> bigred@vnet.ibm.com (Greg Forney) writes:
- > Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
- > News-Software: UReply 3.0
- > X-X-From: bigred@vnet.ibm.com (Greg Forney)
- > References: <Bszso4.5zM@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- >
- > In <Bszso4.5zM@news.cso.uiuc.edu> slg1202@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
- > >I just got OS/2 2.0 and am trying to be impressed with the advanced
- > >(superior) multitasking.
- > >
- > >Well, I load up Telix or Telemate in a DOS window and try to download
- > >something through my modem and I get a ton of errors.
- > >Effective throughput drops to 200cps (should be about 1600cps for v32bis)
- > >
- > >I reboot DOS and finish the file transfer at 1600cps under "wimpy" DOS 5.0.
- > >
- > >Am I doing something wrong???
- > >
- > >It seems that OS/2 is not fast enough and is missing some IRQ's from COM2.
- >
- >
- > Could be. I know that significant work is is progress to improve COM port
- > handling in OS/2. A beta of these improvements was just sent out 8/13.
- > It would sound like you might need the new DOS property COM_DIRECT_ACESS
- > set to ON to by-pass the COM port buffering OS/2 does. The package
- > also has other COM port enhancements. Look for COMMGA.ZIP
- >
- > GregF
-
- Adding the following to the config.sys after the COM.SYS and VCOM.SYS device
- statements will do a *world* of good!
-
- call=mode.com com2:57600,n,8,1,RTS=HS,BUFFER=AUTO,XON=OFF
-
- Works for me!
-
- Steve
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- Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | If you don't vote for MMP on
- Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz | September 19, 1992, then you
- withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz | must like things the way they
- **** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! **** | are.....can I live with YOU?
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