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Re: Modem Problems with Windows 3.1

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From: Forest Edward Wilkinson
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:16
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I'm having a similar problem, though maybe not as severe.

First, the configuration:
Port:    IRQ:    Address:    UART:    Device:
COM1     4       3F8         old      mouse
COM2     3       2F8      NS16550AFN  modem1
COM3     2       3E8         old      none
COM4     5       2E8      NS16550AFN  modem2

Now, whenever I run Telix (a DOS modem program) under Windows 3.1,
and download a file at *any* speed with modem2, putting Telix in
the background causes system slowdowns and infinite errors in
transmission.  This occurs even when telix is the only application
running.  I have checked that both Telix and Windows are aware of
the serial port configuration, and that Telix has higher timeslice
priority than anything else that I'm aware of (150).

The problem does not occur on modem1, or when using Microlink (a
Windows modem program), or when running Telix in the background
with DESQview, even at 14400bps.  I can't get Telix to work on
COM3 under windows at all.

Any ideas?

-- 
Forest Edward Wilkinson
forest@soda.berkeley.edu
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From: forest@soda.berkeley.edu (Forest Edward Wilkinson)
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Subject: Re: Modem Problems with Windows 3.1
Date: 19 Aug 1992 00:16:07 GMT
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