Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a35
From: a35@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Atherton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Desqview with COM2:
Message-ID: <1966@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 90 15:33:38 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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Help!  I've lost my multitasking!

I am using Desqview on a 386 machine.  I have COMMO and TELIX set up so that
when I use them on COM1: they work perfectly.  I can download and edit and
compile all at the same time.

Then I had to change my modem over to COM2:.  I switched the programs over and
they work fine, except for the fact that if I try to switch out of the
communications window while information is coming in the communications program
locks up.  I can switch when nothing is coming in without a problem.  If
something comes in, though, I have to exit out of my Terminal program and
reload it.  Also, all the information that came in is lost.

I've tried changing the desqview settings to specify that these programs use
COM2: (as well as just saying they use a comm port).  The settings work fine on
COM1:.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should be doing?  Can I
prevent Desqview from swapping the interrupt for COM2:?

BTW, I recommend anyone using Desqview consider getting COMMO.  It fits into a
tiny window so that you get more room for other programs.  Highly recommended.

Bruce_Atherton@mindlink.UUCP or| "Don't look so perplexed.  Why must you be
uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a35| vexed.  Can't you see you're next?  Yes,
                               | you're next, you're so next." - Bugs Bunny