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to: DAVID BOWERMAN
from: LAWRENCE R. MINTZ
date: 1998-03-28 21:15:00
subject: OS/2 Update Wizard Word A

 DB> Lawrence Mintz wrote in a message to Jeff Mcclain:
 LM>> I have found that you can omit steps 2 and 4.  Simply modifying the
 LM>> Win-OS/2 communications drivers was sufficient to allow Win-OS/2 to
 LM>> use the Upgrade Wizard, after closing all Win-OS/2 sessions and
 LM>> then opening up a new Win-OS/2 session to run it.
 DB> While I found the same here, that was using SIO with the
 DB> '-' option to unprotect the port under a DOS/Windows
 DB> session.  Were you running with IBM's comm drivers or SIO
 DB> without the '-' option?
SIO.  The US Robotics modem (formerly a Sportster) is used only for dialing 
out so I don't keep that port locked.  The BBS uses a Courier, and that one 
does get unlocked when it is time to run a new SDL.  And I have never used 
the '-' option in SIO.
Larry
--- RA/Pro 2.50
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* Origin: Mintz BBS, Silver Spring, MD (1:109/493)

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