Subj : Re: Version
To : David Rance
From : Paul Williams
Date : Mon Dec 10 2001 11:10 am
Hi David Rance, hope you are having a nice day
PW>> The modem is a pcmcia modem and at times if I start a comm type
PW>>program, '98 acts as if I'd just unplugged the modem. I have to
PW>>reboot 2 or 3 times before I can finally use it.
DR>I'm getting funny things like that on my Compaq laptop.
All I know is that if I `salute' the system, the window that pops
up says that msgsrv32 isn't responding and if I kill that process
then whatever program that's accessing the modem & has hung starts
back up and compains abt the missing modem.
Add to that the fact that if I bring the laptop up from hibernation
or standby mode, on random occasions whatever program is in foreground
will crash&burn. Including explorer and the desktop. :/
If it's the filemanager I use (wincmdr) then I just close it, cycle
memturbo to defrag the memory, and restart wincmdr. If it's the desktop
and/or explorer I have to do a reboot of some form to get everything
reloaded.
Does it w/ 32meg, 64meg & 160meg so I'm not sure what to think. :<
PW>> Another problem is bt(dos/w32) not seeing the modem to begin w/.
PW>>In that case I have to pull it out, wait for the system beeps
PW>>for unplugged cards, and the plug it back in at which point it's
PW>>seen by any/all comm programs. :/
DR>I've got a problem with one program (used for programming the computer
DR>inside the console of a church organ). The program doesn't check that the
DR>data are being received correctly and so it's difficult to know whether the
DR>connection is good or not!
Fun all around it seems.<not!> The hardwired comport everything see's
but the port I'd like to experiment w/... The laptop has the fast infrared
port on it and atm is also configured to act as com5 and lpt4. If I could
get *any* comm program to see com 5, there's a number of things I'd like
to try/do.
Bink by a 4mbps ir link would be fun to play around w/.
-=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams <=-
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