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Under [386enh] UniqueDOSPSP=1 Under [NonWindowsApp] CommandEnvSize=768 The APPS.INF (\WINNT\INF\) is used for automatically configuring MS-DOS application Program Information Files (PIFs). Edit this file and add the following header and information. [PCBOARDM.EXE] Disable=win,dit,mse [PCBOARD.EXE] Disable=win,dit,mse [NODEx.BAT] LowMem=768 Disable=win,dit,mse [BOARD.BAT] LowMem=768 Disable=win,dit,mse Using Async COMM ports Under WIN NT With PCBoard PCBoard directly accesses the serial port hardware when setup in Async mode. Windows NT supports PCBOARD by simulating the standard hardware serial adapters, COM1 through COM4; PCBoard never directly controls the serial port hardware. Windows NT simulates four 16450 UARTs at the standard serial I/O addresses and interrupt numbers used in IBM PC-compatible hardware. When each virtual MS-DOS machine (VDM) starts, the simulated UARTs are dormant. When PCBoard accesses a simulated UART, Windows NT connects the simulated UART to the corresponding Windows NT serial port, even if it uses a different address, interrupt number, or a completely different interface. If the corresponding serial port is not present of if it is already in use, Windows NT displays an error dialog box to inform the user of the problem. When running PCBOARD under WIN NT, you may enhance performance by using software handshaking (xon/xoff) instead of hardware handshaking (cts/rts). NT 4.0, Start Menu | Settings | Control Panel | Ports | Settings NT 3.51, Program Manager | Main | Control Panel | Ports | Settings Because hardware must be virtualized under NT, checking the cts/rts signals directly will incur an unavoidable performance degradation. Using xon/xoff handshaking avoids this problem since xon/xoff handshaking does not require accessing the serial port hardware directly. NOTE: Serial communications is not emulated perfectly because of fundamental differences between the preemptive and nonpreemtive multitasking environments. PCBoard uses real-time hardware interrupts, it may experience problems caused by preemptive multitasking in Windows NT. Timing serial events in Windows NT may be different than in 16-bit Windows 3.1. Also, the ability to directly access hardware is not available in Windows NT. Additionally, due to the way that the ports are simulated under Windows NT, you are NOT going to be able to use DOS DOORS while running PCBoard in ASYNC mode. The only current way to work around this is to use a FOSSIL interface that is designed to work in the NT environment. The two known Fossil drivers designed for NT (shareware versions) are always available on the Salt Air BBS and on the PCBoard Web site. (see end of document for contact information) WINFOSSIL --------- WinFOSSIL is a 32-bit FOSSIL driver which enhances the performance of existing MS-DOS communication applications such as many bulletin board programs and terminal emulation packages. WinFOSSIL for Windows NT provides a fast path from the applications interface to the 32-bit communications drivers of Windows NT. To setup WinFOSSIL, see the README.TXT file that is packaged with the software. The latest release information for WinFOSSIL for Windows NT can always be found on: http://www.woodruff-software.com BBS: Woodruff Software Systems (North Bend, WA USA) +1 206 888 2407 FidoNet: FREQ magic name: NTFOSSIL.ZIP 1:343/294 Woodruff Software Systems - North Bend, WA USA NTFOSS ------ NTFOSS is a virtual device driver (VDD) for the Windows NT operating system. It will redirect all FOSSIL calls made with INT 14 to NTFOSS.DLL which calls the WIN32 API to virtualize the serial port. To setup NTFOSS, see the NTFOSS.DOC file that is packaged with the software. A switch which should be used if performance is low is the /A0 switch which disables a sleep after each transfer. (but also cpu utilization is higher) So a good choice for calling NTFOSS is: NTFOSS.COM /A1 /L1 COM2 BAUD=115200 (if the modem supports 115200 if not lock the port to a lower speed). The author of NTFOSS can be contacted through: FIDONET: 2:310/500.3@fidonet SCOUTNET: 71:431/100.3@scoutnet INTERNET: e9125884@student.tuwien.ac.at or gwiesing@fidonet.at Setting up PCBoard to use FOSSIL -------------------------------- The settings that you use on your SET PCB= line always overwrite settings that are used in PCBSETUP or PCBModem. If you look at your NODEx.BAT file, you will notice towards the top this line: SET PCB= Using the /PORTxF parameter on this line you can specify which fossil port to use. Example: SET PCB=/NODE:1 /PORT1F /BAUD:57600 The above command line will load node 1 using Fossil port 1 at a speed of 57600bps. Additional information can be found in the ENVIRONMENT SWITCHES section in your PCBoard Sysop Manual. [EOF]