Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!hsdndev!cmcl2!panix!schuster From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: BIOS Message-ID: <1991Apr1.162400.29369@panix.uucp> Date: 1 Apr 91 16:24:00 GMT References: Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY Lines: 18 In article vcl@mimas.UUCP (Victor C. Limary) writes: > > I would like to know if I need to change my BIOS. Here's my problem: > > When I lock the com port to any rate higher than 9600 bps, I start > losing characters. It happens from both Procomm Plus 1.1B and Waffle > 1.64's UUCICO (program to transfer Usenet feeds). I'm not a programmer, but it's my impression that the serial port routines in most telecom packages bypass the BIOS completely, because it's so woefully inadequate. You need a buffered serial port. -- Mike Schuster | CIS: 70346,1745 NY Public Access UNIX: ...cmcl2!panix!schuster | MCI Mail, GENIE: The Portal (R) System: schuster@cup.portal.com | MSCHUSTER