--------------- ** A related thread FOLLOWS this message. FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DCQP2744 Date: 08/21/96 From: TRENT NAUMANN Time: 08:45pm \/To: ELLIOTT GOODMAN (Read 4 times) Subj: R: SIO questions Elliott - . I was wondering if you could give me some help here. I am also using a US Robotics v.everything. I just bought it a few days ago. I am also using Lora BBS for OS/2 v2.40 (I'm testing the sw version, haven't registered yet, as I think it may have something to do with my modem problem). Also, I'm using SIO v1.55. My problems are as follows: . 1. The modem will not detect an incoming call, it's as if either SIO or LORA have tied up the modem. When I shut down LORA, the modem detects incoming calls just fine. Also works fine on an old computer running DOS. . 2. The few times I have got it to work (I don't know why it worked), if I lock the baud rate at 57600, and call a DOS door that I want using VX00.SYS, the comport locks up. If I go with a lower speed, such as 38400, everything works ok. However, locking the port at this low of speed seems pointless for a 33.6. . Just wondering if you have any suggestions for setting up either SIO, LORA, or the US Robotics to get these 3 things working together. . Thanks in advance for your help. . Trent --------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LAST Message In Thread <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DCI00000 Date: 08/10/96 From: DON LISCOMBE Time: 10:06pm \/To: RICHARD GLIDDEN (Read 5 times) Subj: SIO questions Re: SIO questions > BJ> they're too trivial to put in the history file. > I upgraded to 1.55, and found more bugs than I had in the first place. Bac > to 1.53 for me... > Ciao for now, > - Richard You're not the only one... bugs with DTR(on a friends computer) and loss of carrier(intermittently and unexplained on mine). Back to 1.53 for me as well. --- VFIDO 7.12 * Origin: PC Online (1:2424/2406) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DCI00001 Date: 08/10/96 From: DON LISCOMBE Time: 10:12pm \/To: BOB JUGE (Read 5 times) Subj: SIO questions Re: SIO questions > What bugs did you experience? Ray has gotten _no_ problem reports with 1.55. > - Bob My friends system, when it goes to run an external program (door), the DTR tends to drop 9/10 times, and carrier is lost. With 1.53, it runs like a charm. With my system, I have had users complain about intermittent carrier "droppings", so I went back to 1.53 and the problems appear to have disappeared. These could also be related to the DTR, but I have not been around to witness them either way. I had similar problems back with an earlier version of Rays drivers and my Hayes ESP card, where he never did find the problem despite several hours of diagnostic work and reports I sent (without getting so much as an Email back - yes, I crashmailed his system..don't trust routed mail). All of a sudden, he fixes a non-related DTR problem, and my ESP card starts working fine. What I got back from him was, "I don't know what would have caused, or fixed the problem with the ESP card". Perhaps he's managed to break it again. --- VFIDO 7.12 * Origin: PC Online (1:2424/2406) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DCI00002 Date: 08/12/96 From: JAMES MCKENZIE Time: 09:48pm \/To: BOB JUGE (Read 5 times) Subj: SIO questions Hello Bob! 11 Aug 96 09:47, Bob Juge wrote to Charles Gaefke: BJ> There has _never_ been any 30 second delay in SIO unregistered's BJ> normal boot sequence. The only thing that is removed when you BJ> register is the periodic red screen at boot (which does have a 30 BJ> second delay). I think that is what he is talking about. Ray was forced to incorporate this a long time ago. I registered SIO in spite of this. James ... When DOS grows up it wants to be OS/2! --- GoldED/2 2.50+ * Origin: Running Lora 2.40, OS/2 Native BBS Software! (1:309/63) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DCI00003 Date: 08/13/96 From: GREG COBB Time: 08:15am \/To: JIM MILLS (Read 4 times) Subj: doors Hello Jim! Sunday August 11 1996, Jim Mills babbled to All: -> I am wondering when running dos doors if there is any adjustments I can -> make to the sessions so that it doesn't slow the computor down. I am -> running 16 meg so that should be alot. thanks Jim Mills It depends greatly on the program you're running. Some of these are written to run under OS/2, and most of those that wont are going to obtain most of your CPU. -GCobb- gcobb@memphisonline.com --- GCobbEd v1.23 * Origin: Picture This... AMU - OS/2 - Concord v0.01 (1:123/434) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DCI00004 Date: 08/13/96 From: DANIEL LYNES Time: 02:52am \/To: JAMES MCKENZIE (Read 5 times) Subj: Lora Stuffs Hello James! 10 Aug 96 16:08, James Mckenzie wrote to Daniel Lynes: JM> Lora has its own built-in dialer. So Binkley is not necessary. I realize that. I used to run Lora. However, I still used BinkleyTerm for y mailer. JM> ... "Win95" is a WARNING label! Daniel Internet: dbl@eznet.ca ... Paranoia isn't as much fun as it used to be. --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0615+ * Origin: Enitharmon/2 Beta Home Site 604-527-0195 (1:153/8028) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DCI00005 Date: 08/13/96 From: DANIEL LYNES Time: 02:53am \/To: ARIEL PABLO KLEIN (Read 4 times) Subj: BINKLEY/2 2.60 Hello Ariel! 08 Aug 96 13:56, Ariel Pablo Klein wrote to Daniel Lynes: APK> when is spawning to bbs, the comport that have as parameter is APK> 7.... 7 is the file handle for the comm port, not the comm port number. For an example, here is the spawnbbs.cmd Rexx script I use to call up Maximus (it should be similar for Lora...N.B. consult your docs to find out how to pass the handle to Lora instead of the comm port number...BinkleyTerm doesn't let go of the comm port.): /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------* * SPAWNBBS.CMD * dure to initiate the BBS package from BinkleyTerm. * *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* echo off */ cls "d:" cd "\Bbs\Max" /* * Since the arguments come in as one or more strings, we must parse them apart. */ argstr = arg(1) arg(2) arg(3) arg(4) arg(5) arg1 = substr( argstr, wordindex(argstr,1), wordlength(argstr,1) ) arg2 = substr( argstr, wordindex(argstr,2), wordlength(argstr,2) ) arg3 = substr( argstr, wordindex(argstr,3), wordlength(argstr,3) ) arg4 = substr( argstr, wordindex(argstr,4), wordlength(argstr,4) ) /*arg5 = substr( argstr, wordindex(argstr,5), wordlength(argstr,5) )*/ call bbslog "spawnbbs", "Entering Maximus, -b",arg2,"-p",arg3," -t",arg4, " DTE ratd:",arg1 /*," Modem flags:",arg5,""*/ /* > When Binkley passes parameters to an OS/2 spawned process, argument 1 is he > data terminal rate; arg2 is the locked baud rate; arg3 is the comm port > handle; arg4 is the time to the next event; arg5 are the modem flags: i.e. > 14400/ARQ/LAPM/V42B */ /* maxp "-b"arg2 "-p"arg3 "-t"arg4 " -n00 -lmax01.log -z\pipe\binkley > nul:" */ maxp "-b"arg2 "-p"arg3 " -n00 -lmax01.log -z\pipe\binkley > nul:" /* > -b = baud rate; -p = comm port handle; -n = node number (00=node 1) */ max_exit_code = rc /* save the return code */ [...remainder deleted for brevity...] [...remainder includes branching on errorlevel returns from Maximus...] Hope this helps to allow you to understand the concept of passing comm port handles (think of them as file handles) a little better. It's the preferred method of spawning a sub process that access comm ports in a protected mode environment. Daniel Internet: dbl@eznet.ca ... Be suspicious of all non-native-born Esperanto speakers. --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0615+ * Origin: Enitharmon/2 Beta Home Site 604-527-0195 (1:153/8028) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 251 OS2 BBS Ref: DCI00006 Date: 08/13/96 From: DANIEL LYNES Time: 03:01am \/To: MARTIN NOTH (Read 4 times) Subj: Waffle UUCICO Hello Martin! 10 Aug 96 14:06, Martin Noth wrote to All: MN> Are there any Waffle-spool compatible UUCICOs for OS/2? Have you tried the UUCICO source code for OS/2? (It's available in both 16-bit and 32-bit OS/2 C source.) I think the binaries are also kicking around. Check either the Simtel site (mirror: ftp.cdrom.com), or the Simtel CD-ROM from Walnut Creek Software. The majority of programs and code on there are for DOS, but the UUCICO is one of the rare programs on there that is available or both DOS and OS/2, as well as the Windows source code (no binaries for Windows, however.) Daniel Internet: dbl@eznet.ca ... Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. --- GoldED/2 2.42.G0615+ * Origin: Enitharmon/2 Beta Home Site 604-527-0195 (1:153/8028)