JK>-> JK> making PCBoard talk telnet is the missing link.

JK>-> on OS/2, that would be the vmodem driver with the SIO replacement
JK>-> comms package from Ray Gwinn of X00 fame...

JK>In the sio2k docs, Ray says Warp server ebiz fails when using serial
JK>ports and IRQ 3.  I also read that the server and client code base
JK>was merged as of fixpak 13.

JK>So I installed Warp 4, fixpak 9, and sio2k.  I use a 2 port serial
JK>PCI card on IRQ 3. I can start a file transfer but it stalls and
JK>dies. So much for sio2k.

JK>Then I read that MCP2 has new serial drivers from IBM that support
JK>PCI serial cards with IRQ sharing. So I tried MCP 2.  Also stalls and
JK>dies. Must be true about the problem with IRQ 3.  And the MCP2 peer
JK>networking fails when you disconnect a share and try to reconnect it.
JK>At least that worked right on WARP 4.

JK>There are some post MCP2 fixpaks, but google turns up no download
JK>sites for them.  Apparently the only way to get them is from the ECS
JK>website, and for that you must be a paying customer.

JK>I hadn't looked at OS/2 since the early 1990s, and I was hoping it
JK>had improved with age. But it's as frustrating now as it was then.

I am running Warp 3 Connect, under VMworkstation with SIO.  It took me 
the better part of 8 hours to get OS/2 to load and run under 
VMworkstation but now it is solid.  It means I never have to worry about 
hardware again.  

Right now I have a Windows 2008R2 server as the host OS running 
instances of OS/2, Windows 2003R2 server, Linux Slackware 14.0, Windows 
7, a Juniper SSL VPN appliance VM and more.


Jeff

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