Once apon a time Steve Henson said, 'Modem problem' to All...

 SH> I use to run Ezycom BBS on 1 line on my 486DX33 8 meg RAM.

 SH> Now I run EZYCOM BBS (2 nodes) with DESQVIEW - both modems 28800

 SH> I previously had no problems with downloading or uploading.

 SH> But now since I have 2 modems (com port 1 & 2 with standard IRQ)
 SH> there seems to be a problem with uploading to my BBS. Heaps of errors
 SH> with re-tries!!  (The upload protocol has not been changed)
 SH> I can actually have both lines active with Users Downloading both at
 SH> the same time without any problems.

 SH> Does anyone have any ideas why?  I don't use a mouse and have nothing
 SH> else on any other com ports.

Well this BBS runs on a 386DX40 with 8MB ram, with Desqview, one 28.8K
modem, and one 14.4K modem, and gives no problem with uploading errors,
although I have had that problem before I got everything running smoothly.

This is with Remote Access BTW..

So some questions:

* Do both modems have 16550A UARTS? (VERY important under DV)
* What fossil do you use, and is it loaded before DV, or in each window?
* What size receive/transmit buffers is the fossil set to (if applicable)
  and is the 16550's 16 byte buffer enabled.
* Are you 'locking' the fossil at a fixed rate (if so, what?) and are you
  specifying that the rate is locked in all your software, ie, mailer, BBS
  etc...
* What time slice settings do you have in DV, and what options do you have
  for the DV windows for things like Run in background, swappable,
  display virtualisation etc..
  
and any other pertinent details...

Regards,
Simon

... I'm not a complete idiot... Several parts are missing!
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