RS> Once I did get a connect, most of the downloads were fine. The second
 RS> download of most of the long file was interesting, a slightly less than
 RS> full thruput, 1400 instead of 1650, but obviously much better than the
 RS> usual 800. Again a regular pulse but different to the poor 800s. The
 RS> perfect downloads are quite different, a completely steady RXD light.
 RS> With an occasional blip as apparently OS/2 just goes and gets another
 RS> large chunk from the disk or something, just how it should look, and
 RS> exactly how it looks from the Madhouse.

Well this could have been a genuine OS/2 problem (1400 not 1650), because
at the time you rang, my wife had been using Micrsoft Word for MSDOS (in a
DOS box) as the foreground task.  Then there was a knock on the door, and
our table and chairs arrived (it is amazing having a real table and real
chairs after 7 years without).  So while we're waiting for long-term
results to come back on the other issues, let's work on something much
easier - tuning OS/2 to improve the performance of the modem.  I have an 8
meg disk cache to play around with, and I've got a 486-33.  There should be
no need for delays of any sort.  Also, when you download you are doing so
via Maximus, which is a 16-bit OS/2 application.  Unfortunately I only have
a 16450 UART.  I also know that with the "MODE" command, it is
possible to change the buffering on the com port.  I know mine is different
from Paul M's, but I can't remember how we found that out. Anyway, he had
something like BUFFER=AUTO whereas I had BUFFER=NONE (or something like
that, anyway).  Suggestions, suggestions?  Basically, I want top priority
to be given to the Binkley task (has its own ICON) at all times. Seeing as
it is OS/2, it will only ask for time if it genuinely needs it.

You inadvertently tested out a theory for me!  I have installed Binkley
Extended Edition (full 32-bit) to see if that fixed the PERSONAL.NDX
problem. It didn't.  But at least it shows that Binkley EE works, which is
something I was going to try out with Paul M.

Personally, I think we have a bad line, which is causing the connect
problems as well.  A guy from Telecom came in today, and he said the line
checked out fine.

Tell me this is true - "If the MR light flashes on my Spirit, and the
other end does NOT show an error, then the modem has gone mad".

BFN.

Paul

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