ted@dgbt.doc.ca (Ted Grusec) (06/14/91)
Subject: Re: DV and Telemate
From: Yaniv Shaya <s2499576@techst02.technion.ac.il>
I am uploading the following for Yanic, address above. Please reply to him
directly by email.
Hello there
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I use a
386 40MHz (By AMD)
80MB WD IDE drive
EVEREX 2400 MNP5 modem
4MB of memory.
The problems occured while using the system with:
QEMM 5.11
DesqView 2.31
Telemate 2.11 communication program.
& 4DOS 3.02/3.03 both versions were tested.
I executed telemate in one window, and started downloading a file using
ZMODEM protocal (internal to telemate). Then I opened another window
BigDos which executed 4dos in my system. Up to here everything went ok
- The file continued downloading and everything went by the book.
BUT - as soon as I accessed the disk in any way from within the 4dos
(BigDos window) there were errors encountered in the download, the speed
went down fast - and it was impossible to use the disk from the 4dos
window.
I tried this MANY times will all sorts of configurations and here are a few
of my conclusions to help you discover where the problem lies:
1. When using command.com there were NO PROBLEMS !!!!!
2. Sometimes after playing around in the 4dos the errors stopped (even
though at the beginning there were errors - maybe it is because the modem
started transfering small blocks.
3. I think that if I tell 4dos not to swap (that means stay resident and eat
about 70K of my system memory when starting it within desqview window )
there were no problems - I cant be sure of that since I havent tested it
very much.
4. It was tested both with a cache and without - Using once HyperDisk 4.21
and PC-KWIK.
5. During normal work with the modem (ie not when downloading with ZMODEM)
I had no problems - no characters were lost, and it seemed to work
perfectly.
Please, let me know where did I go wrong (if I did) or check it out if
possible, I will be glad to assist you in any way I can to fix this problem
in case it is fixable.
Pre-Thanks very very much for reading
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& Looking forward to your answer and help to fix this annoying problem
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Yaniv
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