Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!iuvax!cica!ogre!mr From: mr@ogre (Michael Regoli) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: WinQVT 4.45 Message-ID: Date: 15 Oct 90 22:25:25 GMT Sender: news@cica.cica.indiana.edu Distribution: comp Lines: 42 ][ Well, WinQVT 4.45 finally arrived here at cica.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.20.22] and I've got some general questions regarding its use. I'm running Windows using a 286/8 with 3Mb of RAM in standard mode. I've got a 2400bps modem on COM3. For the life of me I cannot initiate a "background" download session with Zmodem. After about fifteen seconds as an icon, the file transfer is aborted, with "Zmodem Carrier Lost" appearing on the screen. Now for the clincher: The WinQVT icon cannot be relaunched--double clicks on the icon produce nothing but beeps. Nothing I can think of is getting in WinQVT's way--all I'm running is Screen Peace and the WinClock utility. I cannot kill the process from the Task List either. The Zmodem auto-download process also dies. When I initiate the process, the same thing happens: 15 seconds then "Zmodem Carrier Lost." Second, I cannot talk to my serial ports (com1 or com2) while using the modem. I doubt this is related to WinQVT (since Terminal also misbehaves), but rather to Windows or a BIOS problem. Shouldn't I be able to print on my com1 while using com3? I can get data out the printer port (about 8K) before the Print Manager stalls. (I can print without trouble when I disconnect the modem and close the communi- cations program. Note that from DOS I can shell out of Kermit, for instance, launch WordPerfect and print to com1, no problem.) Lastly, how can I suppress the annoying message I get when I launch a DOS shell with WinQVT running? (The message is something like "someone else is using the com port--you may loose characters-- do you want continue?") Thanks for the advice. -- michael regoli mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu regoli@iubacs.bitnet ...rutgers!iuvax!cica!mr