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From: "Graeme Evans" <evans@fourny.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP!! I BEG OF YOU
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 20:02:09 -0000
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>I found that Windows can cause a fair few problems.  If your running in a
>windowed dos box, try running it
>full screen, and keep it active for the upload session.  Also try
increasing
>the idle priority of the dos box.
>I don't think siocons is very resiliant to glitches in serial transfer and
>does very little error checking.

Its really a wonder that siocons works under win 95 at all the way it
catches interrupts. On my page (~frothy on -europe) theres a port of siocons
to win32, along with the source I hacked one afternoon. I did it for NT but
it'll run under win95 and all the serial I/O port stuff is now handled by
WIn32 calls. Only thing is there is a small bug that means you need to run
hyperterminal to the yaroze before you start up siont, to clear the data
sent my the yaroze (otherwise it all locks up).

It really needs fixing (I think it was one of my 'mods' that broke it) and
it would make it much more of a 'product' but I really cant face looking at
that source again cos it fair did my head in.

But if it would help your fault-finding, have a bash with the exe.

Graeme