Paul, at 08:43 on Jan 24 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Mainly because if you type MODE COM3 at an OS/2 prompt (before running 
BG> anything which sets the serial port parameters), you'll note that many of 
BG> those settings are already at their default values, and are basically 
BG> redundant.  The ones I have listed are the only values which need changing 
BG> from OS/2's defaults.  BTW, you do have RUN= before your MODE commmand, I 
BG> trust?  Won't work otherwise.

PE> I have it in my batch file, in the main loop.  Gets run every time
PE> just before I start btp.exe.

Fine, that's the best way to run it.  BTW, did you remove the redundant
values so that it looks similar to mine (which obviously works perfectly) ?

PE> What happens if I decide to emigrate to USA?

BG> your modem would work fine, but you'd still need to obtain and 
BG> use the 061 SDL regardless.

PE> That's ridiculous.  Is the hardware the same or what?

No, there are quite a few subtle differences.

Regards, Bill

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