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- From: chris@cad.gatech.edu (Chris McClellen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: OS/2 Comm Problems - Fixed? Read On
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 23:38:24 -0500
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, CAE/CAD Lab
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- Well, after much dabbling, I found out why my tasks get slowed to a halt
- (dos tasks that is), when using even a 1200 baud modem to do a download.
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- It seems that OS/2, during communications, decides a task is IDLE
- if no keys are being pressed. Hence, when I would go to do a dir,
- it would SLOWLY print it out. WHen i would go launch a DOS program,
- it would take forever to load.
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- However, if I hold down a key during a DIR/Program load, the programs
- go with no problem, as if nothing was being downloaded.
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- Now, trying to turn off IDLE sensing did not fix this.
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- my thanks to all the people who responded to me.
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- My only problem is now, HOW DO I TELL OS/2 my tasks are IMPORTANT,
- even though I am not pressing a key!?!?!?!? The people who did wordprocessing,
- etc while downloading didnt have a problem, because they are hitting
- keys. However, When I download in the background, I may be compiling something
- under dos. If I dont hold down a key in the compiler session, It will basically
- freeze until the transfer is over. This is SERIOUSLY annoying. Right now,
- it means I really CANT multitask DOS apps during a transfer. And
- believe it or not, I still have to code DOS apps too.
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- If anyone at IBM is listening: Who made the decision to declare a process
- idle if no keystrokes are being generated??? Thats the same thing MSWindows
- does, and is a cop out. Why didnt you run some kind of algorythm to check
- to see if the program is calculating, etc, versus sitting in a readkey loop??
- It is causing me serious problems.
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- If IBM doesnt fix this soon, Its off to the next OS, but hopefully, they
- WILL fix it.
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