X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to opendos-bounces using -f From: shadow AT shadowgard DOT com To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:34:09 -0800 Subject: Re: comm speed with m$dos 6.22 Message-ID: <4009D481.26975.1F1966D@localhost> In-reply-to: <1AhyQF-1HHJDc0@fwd03.sul.t-online.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.12a) Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: opendos AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On 17 Jan 2004 at 22:56, Lindner-Thalmaessing AT t-online wrote: > Hello, > > being blind I'm forced to use m$dos. No you aren't. I've got a blind friend and her system (which I'm currently doing some work on) runs Windows 98. > My 38.400-modem however, in dos transmits max 19.200 bps. Your modem does *not* run at 38,400 bps. If it's a V.34 modem, it'll run at a max of 33,600 bps, and the odds are that thelocal telecommuncations authority (FCC in the US, different agencies in other countries) won't authorize it to run above 31,200 or so. For best results, you need to set the comm port to 115,200 bps. > The dos mail program used is called UKA_PPP. > > According to the German documentation for m$dos 6.22 the following is what > I do understand: > > MODE configures devices (in my case COM2 for my modem) in the system. > The list for valid baud rates for MODE in m$dos 6.22, however, only goes > up to 19.200 bps. > Is there a trick existing or a tsr to load to make data transfer > faster (similar to INTERSVR or INTERLNK, both making up to 115.200 bps) > in m$dos 6.22? Easiest way in DOS is probably to grab a FOSSIL driver such as X00 and use it as a serial driver and use the included utility program XU to set the bit rate and enable the FIFO buffer. If you want a copy, I can email it to you. You'll need a copy of pkunzip to extrat the files from the archive. > My processor speed is 300 MHz. That's the same speed as Lin's system. It runs JAWS quite well. Alas, JAWS costs $2000. Unless you can get your local commision for the blind or the like to buy it for you. It doesn't require dedicated speech cards, it'll work with any sound card that Windows supports. -- Leonard Erickson (aka shadow) shadow at krypton dot rain dot com