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to: Dave Davidson
from: David Randall
date: 1999-11-17 18:28:22
subject: More OS/2 Questions.....

Dave Davidson wrote in a message to All:

 DD> (5) I haven't tried it yet, but the question still remains....
 DD> Will DOS  Communications programs bomb under OS/2 with a
 DD> ScreenSaver active as  they do with WIN9x? Keep in mine I've
 DD> been using WIN9x for a few years  and it may take a while to
 DD> get over the "WIN think" as well.   Specifically,
 DD> Terminate! Under WIN9x, it will #NOT# answer the phone  when a
 DD> screen saver is active. To get around this, I use the Power
 DD> Management to turn off the Monitor after 30 minutes. Will I
 DD> have to do  the same with OS/2? Is there a "Power Management"
 DD> feature easily  assessable under OS/2?

I use Warp 3 rather than 4, but BLANKER doesn't cause problems with DOS comm
programs.  I can't comment on other screen saver programs because I haven't
tried them, but OS/2 handles DOS programs much better than WIN9x, so I don't
believe you'll have a problem.


                            
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