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Well folks, I have just discovered something... As many of you might remember, I was trying to run a V.32bis external modem on my ThinkPad via the external serial port, but was having trouble going any higher than 9600 baud. I was/am using Procomm + for Windows. One person suggested that I remove FuelDOS from memory, as it interferes with the serial port operation and--under windows--I wouldn't need it anyway. Well on a whim, I decided to do the same with the Windows-based Fuel program. It worked. I can now connect and D/L at 14.4K without any errors as long as the Windows Fuel program is not on. But it is touchy--don't even *dare* trying to switch to another window or open another program (I discovered this while D/L'ing--I was getting about 1600 cps on the D/L and wanted to test it by opening up the Windows Fuel program to see if it affected it. When I went to re-size the window and that *alone* caused some errors. In fact, unless Procomm was *fully* in the foreground, it couldn't handle any kind of background operation and still handle the 14.4K D/L without errors (though it does so pretty well with 9600). So the bottom line--it *can* work at 14.4K and D/L at normal 14.4K speeds provided (A) You remove the Fuel Program(s) (though maybe you OS/2 folks have better luck with yours) AND (B) You don't have another program in the foreground or do *anything* to compete for resources (including the sizing of your terminal Window). *Sigh* I'm hoping that when MHz comes out with that 28.8K V.34 XJack, they include a UART buffer that is fairly sizable--preferably more than the standard 8 bytes in the 16550... ----- Randy Whittle whittle@chaph.usc.edu University of Southern California School of Business (Fight on, 'SC Trojans!) - Motorcycle nut, HP 48GX & 100LX user, & lover of fine chocolate... "It's not denial, I'm just very selective about the reality I accept!" -Calvin "Consensus is the negation of leadership." - Margaret Thatcher