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jwilson1@scu.edu.au (Jamie) writes:

>Has anyone else managed to get RA 2.01+ to run smoothly under OS/2? I know it
>can be done but it just wont do it for me... This is annoying me incredibly,
>and I am now looking for native OS/2 BBS software, and before anyone goes and
>tells me how great it is to have native OS/2 apps, the reason I bought OS/2 is
>so I could run my existing BBS and multitask it properly.

I maybe can help.


>First problem. VX00.SYS as provided in the SIO 1.26f package will hang the
>computer on me. I can open a dos window and it will load ok, but as soon as I
>tryt to run anything everything just freezes. As such I have had to use BNU
>1.70 in a DOS window. This was working to a degree but the best I can squeeze
>out of it at the moment is about 15 minutes and then the com port will just
>stop responding and if there is a user on, it will drop the carrier.
use REGULAR X00.SYS, with SIO.SYS & VSIO.SYS, that may help your problems.


>I thought the serial ports might be stuffed, so I got a new serial card, and
>now it seems as though my dos programmes can't properly access com3 and com4.
>I have set up SIO so that COM3 and COM4 are recognised. When it's trying to
>initialise the modem, I can see the RxD and TxD lights flashing, so I know the
>modem is still working OK, but the DOS programmes never seem to see what the
>modem is saying back to it.
is your modem's responce level set at v0 or v1? most programs I have used
don't recognise v0, only v1.


>All the COM ports work fine under OS/2.

that's good.

>What's the story? Are OS/2's DOS VDM's broken? Am I doing something really stupid
>(I can only hope)?
Not broken far as I can tell.


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