MD>MS> > QMODEM for DOS is crashing windows everytime it is run.  The
  >MS> > computer is a 486 with internal ZOOM modem.  The current solution
MD>BS>      I recommend that you run a DOS program from DOS, not windows.
  >BS>And run windoze programs from windoze.  Don't try to mix the two,
  >BS>especially as windoze tries to control everything, including com
  >BS>ports.
MD>This advice is not exactly true.  I run QModemTD in a Dos Window and
  >have no problems.  I use a PIF file to run any Dos program in Windows,
  >and have had almost no problems.  Your Windows manual should give you
  >instructions on how to set up a PIF file, and you might check your files
  >- sometimes PIF files are already provided with the software.  I'm
  >currently running a slow old 386sx40 with only 4 megs Ram, and can even
  >let QModem dial in the background while I work on something else.  Hope
  >this helps!
  >M.
MD>Monika Dimick
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     I use Qmodempro for windows but before getting the olx for windows
I was running olx for dos through windows.  I even have a pif editor
written so that I can run olx from qmodem.
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