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From: DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu (Doug Sewell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: ProComm Plus 2.0 problems
Message-ID: <91110.135957DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 91 17:59:57 GMT
Organization: Youngstown State University VM system (YSUB)
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Some problems we've found with PCPLUS 2.0:
- 'Drop dtr to hang up' doesn't drop dtr long enough any more.  In
  release 1.1b, it dropped it for at least 5/100 second (since that's
  what was in S25 by default).  I tried setting S25 to 3 in the init
  string, but it still didn't consistently hang up.  Workaround: use
  the ATH0 string.  I suspect that if I set S25 any lower, I'd get
  more line-drops on bad lines.
- The man-page for 'sz' (send zmodem) on unix systems says that if
  you use the -a option NLs are to be converted to CR/NL, and that
  for Zmodem, the receiving side is responsible for it.  PCPLUS doesn't
  do this line-end translation.  Workarounds: use DSZ like I did on
  PCPLUS 1.x.  Usually I'm downloading binary files, so it matters
  less.
- If you have non-standard modem settings, the install program will
  'lose' them, even if you select generic Hayes-compatible modem.  I
  suspected this might happen, so I wrote the modem strings before
  I installed.

Are there any other problems ?  Am I the only one with these problems ?

Doug
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Doug Sewell, Tech Support, Computer Center,         doug@ysub.bitnet
Youngstown State University, Youngstown,  OH 44555  doug@ysub.ysu.edu
I am not a God.  It is permissible to spell out my name. - T*d K*ld*s