Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 10:39:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matt Adam <sylphid AT infomatch DOT com>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Problem with TASKMGR + Terminate. (COM timeout)
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Adam W Lee wrote:

> OK, I'm having a bit of a problem when I try to run Terminate under the
> Task Manager (multi-tasking)...  It dials fine, but if I switch tasks and
> come back, the com port is locked up.  The only thing that I can do to
> reclaim my COM port is hangup, quit the multitasker and re-run Terminate.
> I've tried setting my TIMEOUT= to 0, AUTO, and 65536 so far but to no
> avail.  I also tried it without a mouse driver loaded but that wasn't the
> cause of the problem either.  Does anybody have any ideas? 

i've gotten my modem to work boffo under taskmgr by putting timeout to
65536 (or whatever the highest value is).  telemate works fine and dials
and does everything while i'm in another window.  i even run my bbs in the
background while i run wordperfect in the foreground and it works
perfectly.

my pooter is a 386sx/16 with 5 megs of ram. my modem is a USR sportster
14.4 internal.