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- From: wtw@pitt.WPI.EDU (William T Warner)
- Subject: Re: Communication Problems in OS2 (CRW)
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- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- References: <1992Sep3.161406.1389@njitgw.njit.edu> <185uhaINN674@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 03:44:39 GMT
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- In article <185uhaINN674@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> louis@arapaho.ucsc.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Sep3.161406.1389@njitgw.njit.edu>, crw3551@hertz.njit.edu (Christopher R. Wingert AI) writes:
- >|> I was wondering if there is anyone out there that could help me with
- >|> a problem that I am having with communications. Here goes ....
- >|> I am trying to run file transfer in the background ( @9600...38400 )
- >|> is a DOS Window using Qmodem. ...
-
- >Now the for-sure relavant part: Any DOS telecom program is going to be active
- >all the time, hogging the CPU because it watches the com port. OS/2 com
- >programs do not have this problem, and only take up as much CPU as they need
- >(almost none when not transferring). I recently switched to TE/2, a shareware
- >OS/2 Comm program. I'm generally happy with it, although it does have some
- >display problems at times. It'll run either windowed, or full screen. I have
- >no problem transferring things @ 9600 w/ data compression (-> 38400 like yours)
- >and doing other things in the foreground. I can transfer @14400 w/ data
- >compression (-> 5????) without any problems, as long as I don't do anything
- >disk intensive, i.e. compiling is out :( When I do do something disk
- >intensive, the transfer develops errors. As long as I stop with the disk, it
- >usually is able to recover and continue.
- >
- >So, my basic recommendation is to switch to an OS/2 telecom program.
- >
-
-
- I agree that using an OS/2 program, such as TE/2, is the best
- way to go.
-
- Also, if you use a serial port that has a 16550 chip rather than
- the more common 16450 or 8250, you'll be able to do 14400bps file
- transfers in the background PLUS do disk-intensive operations (like
- compiles) in the foreground.
-
- The 16550 is well worth it for anyone using high-speed serial port
- file transfers.
-
- Bill Warner
- wtw@wpi.wpi.edu
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