On Mon 20 Jan at 23:14 Paul Chapman (3:632/309) wrote to All:

 PC> The other day, with the comms program running on the 1GB 
 PC> drive, I changed the download directory to an old 120MB 
 PC> HD.  Would you believe it!  On the same 2mb download the 
 PC> CPS rate began at 3900+ and dropped back to an 
 PC> acceptable 3300-3500, with 2 initial CRC errors.

If you have the RAM to setup a RAM disk, it's worth trying a download to a RAM disk.

Glad to hear that you solved the problem.

I've recently found that DOS/4GW applications (such as Ripterm, desparately
trying to stay on topic) lock up when used with Novell's Client32 and ISA
Network cards capable of memory mapped operation (e.g. Intel
EtherExpress16, SMC 8216, SMC 8416).

When a software/hardware conflict involves three or more factors it can be
difficult to isolate.

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