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to: MARK LEWIS
from: TOM RUTHERFORD
date: 1998-04-10 19:51:00
subject: OS/2 Update Wizard Word A

On 08 Apr 98  14:20:46, mark lewis said this to Tom Rutherford
about "OS/2 Update Wizard Word A":
 ml>> that is fine in your situation but it's a lot different that running a
 ml>> bbs program... it would not surprise me in the least if there are some
 ml>> who are locking the port in SIO and using the software you are with
 ml>> the same configuration. i have to wonder, though, what would happen if
 ml>> SIO was locked at 115200 and your qmodem was locked at 57600... would
 ml>> it work or no?? ;-)
 TR> It would probably experience reverse peristalsis.  But, I'd
 TR> have to look up how to lock the port with SIO, and I'd have
 TR> to re-&W my modem at 56K, so I might not get to trying it
 TR> right away.  :-)
 ml> not much to look up...
 ml> instead of just COM2 you'd use COM2:115200
 ml> FWIW: i've never used SU nor had any need to for locking or unlocking
 ml> my ports...
 ml> ;-)
Oh!  So, this is a SU thing?  The only thing I've used SU for is just
information.  I thought I heard somewhere about locking the port in
CONFIG.SYS, but all mine does is tell the system where it is, not
necessarily what to do with it.
      -=> Tom Rutherford -- Team OS/2 <=-
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