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From: daniel@reichardt.ch (Daniel Hartmeier)
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Subject: Re: siocons on NT4WKS
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:17:11 GMT
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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:28:16 +0100, Westerfield Akinyele
<westerfield.akinyele@icl.com> wrote:

> Hi guys, does anyone know how to resolve siocons on NT4. My system just
> stall in the middle of processing siocons. Anyone ever had the same
> problem of solution?

I had some problems too (not that the machine would freeze, but I got a
lot of transmission errors), but now I have siocons running under
Windows NT 4 with 115200 bps. I don't use it very often, though, as
Metrowerks' PSComUtil is much better (I hear there will soon be a free
version of it, that you can use even if you didn't buy their compiler),
and the AR module beats both of them ;).

First of all, if your whole system freezes because of a 16-bit console
application running in a DOS box, there is something wrong with the
system, not only with siocons. The worst thing that siocons can do on a
properly working NT is crashing the DOS box it's running in, leaving the
rest of the system stable.

Some advice:

 - Get the latest service pack from Micro$oft (currently SP4) and
   install it.
 - Test the serial port that you want to use with siocons with a
   terminal program and a modem (you find HyperTerminal in your
   accessories folder).
 - Set the port (in control panel) to 115200 bps, 8 data bits,
   no parity, 1 stop bit and hardware flow control.
 - Get the latest version of siocons from the NetYaroze web site.
   There are different versions, some of them written by members,
   I remember having seen a 32-bit version somewhere.

If you get a lot of transmission errors (resulting in a 'hung'
connection, where you need to reboot the NetYaroze and force close the
DOS box), try a lower baud rate (as 38400 bps or even 9600 bps).

HTH,