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From: twmanino@eos.ncsu.edu (TONY W MANINO)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: UIS III, Uniterm, DCDesktop
Keywords: uis, uniterm, dcdesktop, communications
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.205532.11584@ncsu.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 20:55:32 GMT
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In article <1991Mar6.161126.16586@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) writes:
|> 
|>  When running DCDesktop and using Uniterm to connect to a mainframe, I tried
|>  to exit Uniterm and do something at the desktop.  When I got to the desktop
|>  I tried to access UISIII via the UIS da...when I did this the machine
|>  froze and I had to reboot, losing my communications connection.  Is
|>  this something that should happen, i.e. is it impossible to retain my
|>  communication connection while doing something at the desktop?, or 
|>  is there some way to accomplish this kind of activity?
|>  Thanks.
|>  --Gerry
|>  ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu

I use UIS III all the time within Uniterm, so maybe DCDesktop is giving you
grief (I don't use DCDesktop).

I have had to reboot for other reasons during an online session before, however,
and it would be a pain if I lost the connection.  I have the "force DTR" 
switch set on my modem, so it thinks my terminal is on and ready whether it
is or not.  This way I can go to the desktop, reboot, whatever without 
worry.  There are communications programs that "drop DTR" to break the 
connection for you.  Setting this switch will override this feature of these
programs, leaving you to tell your modem to hang up on your own.



Tony
twmanino@eos.ncsu.edu