Hello David!

Wednesday November 17 1999 18:28, David Randall wrote to Dave Davidson:

 > 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.
 >
 > 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.
 >

 Thanks to you and several others that responded, Blanker is now working
overtime on my system, and everything is functioning properly.

 I was somewhat over concerned with the screen blanking business, since I
had such a lousy experience with it under WIN9x. With OS/2 however, it really
isn't a consideration.

 Thanks for your input.


Regards,
Dave Davidson

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