Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att-cb!att-ih!pacbell!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!acf3!tmy6405 From: tmy6405@acf3.NYU.EDU (Ted M. Young) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Procomm + not that great Message-ID: <593@acf3.NYU.EDU> Date: 8 Mar 88 15:51:46 GMT References: <36300012@iuvax> <328@dsinc.UUCP> <236@lxn.UUCP> Reply-To: tmy6405@acf3.UUCP (Ted M. Young) Organization: New York University Lines: 41 In article <236@lxn.UUCP> chris@lxn.UUCP (Christopher D. Orr) writes: >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. Nope, Procomm + doesn't use BIOS, 2.4.2 had the option of Direct to screen or thru BIOS, but Procomm+ goes direct to the screen whether you like it or not. I don't like it because I use DoubleDos sometimes and direct to screen totally messes things up. I really don't see all that much of an improvement from 2.4.2 to Plus. The "chat" mode still seems like a last minute addition because none of the function keys (open log, see elapsed time, etc.) work when in "chat" mode (Alt-O). >Best bet is to stick with Procomm 2.4.2 ... overall it seems much more >reliable. My thoughts exactly. >-- >Christopher D. Orr | US MAIL: Alcyone Inc. >UUCP: vu-vlsi\ | Lanark Building > inhp4 - !lehi3b15!lxn!chris | Center Valley, PA 18034 > c11ux / | Voice: (215) 282-4525 -- Ted M. Young \ tmy6405@acf3.nyu.edu \ "..restless young romantic, 3801 Hudson Manor Terr.\ tmy6405@NYU-ACF3.ARPA \ wants to run the big machine" Riverdale, NY 10463-1111\ Compu$erve:76703,4343 \ yeah, my own Cray! 8-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "With Basic you just use a GOTO, with Pascal you have to indent 99% of the program halfway across the page!" -- Me (A Basic programmer for 12 years)