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- From: nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 help needed! comm and speed problems, etc.
- References: <BuDyJD.KL3@andy.bgsu.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:30:09 GMT
- Keywords: os/2
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- jzawodn@bgsu.edu (jeremy zawodny) writes:
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- >Problem #1: Communications
-
- > When using Telemate 3.01 in a dos session (full screen) I
- >try to switch to a window (ALT-HOME) and when I do, Telemate
- >stopps communicating with the modem. It doesn't stop communicat-
- >ing, it dies altogether. I have a 16550 AFN on board and am
- >using the beta com drivers for OS/2. I don't know if I have the
- >settings correct, but I have COM_DIRECT_ACCESS OFF, COM_HOLD ON,
- >and COM_SELECT ALL. And yes, background execution is turned on.
- >By the way, I am trying to communicate at 57.6kbps.
-
-
- > In frustration, I tried to use TE/2 instead. I couldn't
- >even get it to talk to com4. What's wrong?
-
- >Problem #2: Memory and Speed
-
- > I have 20megs of memory but don't need all of it to load
- >applications into. I would like a sizable hard disk cache (2meg
- >or so) to speed up OS/2. Can I do this? How can I do this?
- > There is a line in my config.sys file something to the
- >effect of "DISKCACHE=384,LW" What does that mean? LW?
- > While I'm at it, what do the following lines mean, too (also
- >taken from my OS/2 config.sys):
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- > THREADS=256
- > MAXWAIT=3
- > PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
- > CODEPAGE=437,850
-
- > In addition, can I have a ramdisk under OS/2? If so, how
- >can I do this? If not, why not?
-
- You have to change the cache or diskcache commands in the config.sys file,
- depending on what file system you are using. The LW means lazy write. if you
- ut the shutdown procedure, because if you do not shut down before turning the
- computer off, then stuff in the buffers might not get written to disk.)
-
-
- >Jeremy Zawodny
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- >---
- >jzawodn@andy.bgsu.edu
-