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From: jmerrill@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Jason Merrill)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: DOS Extended memory Support Under OS/2 R2.0
Message-ID: <8939@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 8 Oct 90 19:55:23 GMT
References: <1990Oct6.181227.11104@cat.uucp>
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <1990Oct6.181227.11104@cat.uucp> martin@cat.uucp (Thomas Martin) writes:
>According to an IBM publication (spring 90) describing the features of OS/2
>2.0, the DOS compatibility box will have the following characteristics:
>
[serveral features deleted]
>- DOS asynchronous communications applications can support communication
>speeds of up to 9600 baud.

This is pretty poor; I'm currently running MS-Kermit 3.02 under DOS/Windows
3 at 19200 baud, and I've had no problem with 38400 (except in downloading
files, but...)

Of course, one of the main reasons I use a DOS comm program is that DOS
boxes under Win3 are pre-emtively multitasked, while Windows programs are
not, so Windows comm programs are more prone to losing characters when
another program is active.  With OS/2's pre-emptive multitasking this should
be fixed, but still it's likely to be a while before there's an OS/2
terminal emulator as fully-featured as MS-Kermit.

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Jason Merrill				jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu