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From: syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Procomm + not that great
Message-ID: <328@dsinc.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 88 23:27:38 GMT
References: <36300012@iuvax>
Reply-To: syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein)
Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
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We downloaded Procomm Plus Trial version to one of our PC's here and
find for us it has the same limitation as the older Procomm's.  That is
its speed.  The port config now goes wonderfully up to over 100k, but
I really wonder about those speeds.

We run our PC serial ports at 19200.  I have noticed that Procomm Plus
in ansi emulation mode (I havent tried anything else) cannot even do
9600 bps, let alone 19200.   It doesnt loose any of the data, just takes
longer to put it on the screen.  I did a cat of a file to a Wyse 85
terminal at 19200 and timed it.  Did the same to my PC-AT running
Procomm Plus and Procomm plus took over twice as long, almost three
times as long.

I didnt use Procomm 2.4 because it could not keep up with  the screen
(speed not lost data), and I guess I wont use PCPlus either.  BTW:
Crosstalk works fine and can update the display.
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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP
Datacomp Systems, Inc.				Voice: (215) 947-9900
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