Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 11:20:12 -0700 From: agb@cs.washington.edu (Alan Bishop) Subject: OS/2 PM Kermit Feedback Keywords: OS/2 Kermit, Modems In article Wim Bonner writes: > > I am running OS/2 1.2, and was not able to get the lights on my modem to > blink when I typed characters after Connecting. That is normally a good > indication something is wrong. All of the other communication programs > that I've tried work fine. > You need to play with the octs & so forth settings. Look under the communcations setup bit & toggle all the settings on the line that has OCTS listed. It works fine for me. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Sep 90 14:23:25 EDT From: "Robert E. Zaret" Subject: OS/2 PM Kermit Feedback Keywords: OS/2 Kermit I did get the Presentation Manager version of Kermit working, but haven't spent much time with it. I already have the full screen OS/2 Kermit and my monitor is strict VGA, so I have no urge for a PM version. Thus, I wasn't going to comment. However, the digest I received today asked for comments, so: My major dissappointment is lack of VT100 support. I assume its absence is temporary. I've seen enough mangled emulators to believe VT100 emulation is not trivial, so I'ld support a decision to leave it out until other parts are settled. However, I have little use for a program without it. I was able to communicate with my internal modem; the modem responded to a query (ATS1?) and to dial commands. I found no way to save settings. The speed setting is labelled baud, rather than bps. I would prefer one pull down menu for all communications settings (com port, bps, parity, etc.) I didn't find a documentation file, and the program itself mentioned no way to get out of communication mode except by exiting the program completely. I tried ctl-[, and it worked. This sequence seems inconsistent with the DOS version, but I'm not sure consistency matters, or is even possible. I, too, found the program insisting on using a full screen. The behavior of the maximimize box (upper right corner) seems odd, but I'm not sure what it should do given the other problem. I believe PM programs can find and use the user's preferences for colors, as set in the control box. Definitely not a high priority. Technical note: I'm using IBM OS/2 EE 1.2 on an IBM Model 80/311 with an IBM 8513 monitor and an internal BusinessLand modem (not quite all blue :-).