Re: PMConsole for windows (fwd)

Mury Johnson (muryport@main.goldengate.net)
Tue, 17 Sep 1996 15:01:12 -0500 (CDT)

Sorry, I popped in on this one a little late... Are you saying we should
not have speed 2 and speed 3 set? Or are you saying we should not have
them set to different speeds? In one of the Livingston docs it says to
set them all to 115200.

Thanks.

On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, MegaZone wrote:

> Once upon a time Todd Adamson shaped the electrons to say...
> >Does anybody out there know of a way for the three different baud rates to sho
> >up in pmconsole? When I look at it, I only see one number, and I know that th
> >are 3 that you can set. When I do set the speed via PMconsole, it sets the sp
> >of all 3 to the same value. Is there some way that I can set the three diffe
> >speeds with PMConsole? (Or even worst case to be able to see the three differ
> >speeds via PMConsole.
>
> You're using the Windows version, aren't you? The UNIX version still has
> 3 settings.
>
> With modern modems setting 3 different speeds is *VERY BAD* and since a
> modern application that should have then different is exceedingly rare we
> have removed that ability. It causes more support calls than it is worth,
> too many people think it is a good idea to set three speeds with a modem
> and then call us when things don't work right.
>
> If for some bizarre reason you actually want 3 speed settings you should
> do it from the command line.
>
> -MZ
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