Some suggestions for running communications programs under OS/2
                            by Glenn Grotzinger
                              Fido  1:2804/7

        This is a file that should offer some help in setting up
communications programs.

LEGAL INFORMATION
=================

In using this information, there is no warranty expressed or implied that the
facts or observations presented are correct or will work in your specific 
situation.  Any trademarked names used are the trademarks of their respective
owners and are used here in an editorial sense only.

CONFIGURING THE SERIAL DRIVERS
==============================

I highly recommend downloading a package written by Ray Gwinn called SIO.  It
will do a much better job than the OS/2 packaged comm drivers.  After you have
that package and have the files extracted, edit your CONFIG.SYS file while under
OS/2 and do the following:

   1) Find these two lines:
    
DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\VCOM.SYS

   2) rem them out and add these lines:
DEVICE=C:\SIO\SIO.SYS
DEVICE=C:\SIO\VSIO.SYS

  **So now you should have something like this:
REM DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\SIO\SIO.SYS
REM DEVICE=C:\OS2\VCOM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\SIO\VSIO.SYS

   3) If you use a fossil normally, add this line..

DEVICE=C:\SIO\VX00.SYS

    It is a virtualized version of the familar X00 written also by Ray Gwinn.

 The command-lines listed will enable support for the standard COM1 and COM2.
 Read the documentation for COM3 and COM4 support.  If you wish to lock a port,
 use a line such as this with the SIO device line..

DEVICE=C:\SIO\SIO.SYS (COMx:yyyyy)

 where x is your com port number (1 or 2 if the line's like above).
 where yyyyy is the locked baud rate.

OTHER LINES IN THE CONFIG FILES?
================================
For communications programs (fax programs primarily), it's been noted by me
and many others that finding a line in the CONFIG.SYS like this:

MAXWAIT=3

and changing the 3 to a 1 will help.

DOS SETTINGS
============

Never worried 'bout 'em after I installed SIO.

OTHER NOTES
===========

Have fun!