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From: jms@antares.UUCP (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: simple multitasking examples
Summary: Sonix toggles DTR
Message-ID: <394@antares.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 89 05:36:47 GMT
References: <3031@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <603NETOPRHM@NCSUVM> <1558@leah.Albany.Edu> <14659@cup.portal.com> <393@antares.UUCP>
Reply-To: jms@antares.UUCP (Joe Smith)
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In article <393@antares.UUCP> pnelson@antares.UUCP (Phil Nelson) writes:
:In article <14659@cup.portal.com: Thyss@cup.portal.com (Brian TT Fudge) writes:
:>A simple way to show multitasking would be to get some Sonix song.  Play
:>it and use your terminal program to call up your favorite bbs.
:
:This was one of the first things I tried after buying Sonix, unfortunately
:Sonix wanted the serial port (for MIDI, I presume) and so it grabbed it,
:whether or not it was already in use (by whatever comm program I was using
:back then). When I complained about this to Aegis, they said they would get
:back to me. I am still waiting.

It's even worse.  Sonix 2.0 toggles DTR.  If DTR was off before you run Sonix,
it turns DTR on.  If a comm program had DTR on, Sonix turns it OFF!  Since
Vt100 had the serial device open, Sonix must have gone straight to the
hardware when it toggled the bit.  I was making sure this phenomenon was
reproducable using just those 2 programs, Sonix and Vt100 2.8A, (and a NEWCLI)
when I tried exiting Vt100 after DTR had been stolen from it.

		GURU 81000005.00C0C33E
		Corrupted memory list.
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