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From: chris@lxn.UUCP (Christopher D. Orr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Procomm + not that great
Message-ID: <236@lxn.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 88 13:29:47 GMT
References: <36300012@iuvax> <328@dsinc.UUCP>
Reply-To: chris@lxn.UUCP ()
Organization: Alcyone Inc.
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In article <328@dsinc.UUCP> syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein) writes:
>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.
>

Procomm's problem in this area is that in no longer does DMA by default.  I'm
not sure if it still supports it (may be a command line switch), but they
changed the default to use the BIOS for any screen updates.

Best bet is to stick with Procomm 2.4.2 ... overall it seems much more
reliable.


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