From: zeta%tcscs@src.honeywell.com (Gregory Youngblood)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Waffle, OS/2, and You
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 00:21:55 CDT
Organization: TCS Consulting Services, St. Paul, MN

system@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:

> > phaedrus@unkaphaed.UUCP (James Hartman, Sysop) writes:
> > 
> > > Hi there.
> > > 
> > > I'm a happy, registered user of Waffle, except for one small, minor detai
> > > 
> > > I can't use my computer for anything else while Waffle is running.  OK, I
> > > picky picky, but sometimes I'd like to just check a phone number or add a
> > > entry into my checkbook program, and off goes the modem, ring ring.  Anyw
> > > since I can't get Waffle to run reliably under Windows (my previous
> > > experiences included hard drives that suddenly forgot what files they con
> > > and modems that fail to reset properly), I'm giving OS/2 a shot.
> > > 
> > > So my question is this: What have your experiences running Waffle under O
> > > been like?  Good, bad, what?  Will I need to run out and find new fossil
> > > drivers, or will things run just hunky dory with Waffle's native driver?
> > > Or, am I setting myself up for disaster?
> > > --
> Well this doesn't answer your question, but my experience may be of 
> interest. I am a 5 month user of Waffle and hope to register when my 
> wife gets paid next....
> 
> I ran version 1.64 under Windows 3.0 (8MB RAM, DR DOS 6.0, Enhanced 
> Mode) in native mode, with no problems. I then used a FOSSIL (X00). No 
> problems. Switched to Windows 3.1. No problems. Switched to 1.65 no 
> problems. (Been running for 2 months now, including a usenet feed). And 
> I was using modem port 4 (native mode) and modem port 2 (FOSSIL 
> mode=port 1, since real programmers count from zero).

I ran Waffle 1.64 under Windows 3.0, 3.1, DesqView, and OS/2 2.0.
 
(I haven't taken the time to go to 1.65... yet ...)
 
By far OS/2 has been the best as far as stability goes.   Under my 
configuraton, using a v.32 modem locked at 19.2 with a 16450 UART (and a 
386-33 with  8 megs ram) OS/2 has done wonders.  In the middle of a polling 
session i can open another dos window or full screen and run UUXQT (while 
receiving mind you), read and reply to mail/news and without bringing the 
sysem down.  This was particularly useful when I was running a mail server 
and mailing list before I moved.  I would dial in, receive mail and the mail 
list would receive items to distribute (with about 180 people on the list, 
that adds up), disconnect, process, dial back in and send the mail.  While 
the mail from the mailing list was being sent out, I would read and reply to 
my mail and the newsgroups I followed.  The neat thing was that as long as 
waffle was sending from my machine to my host, anything I sent would go out 
right then on the spot as soon as I hit /s.   :)   However, once I was 
receiving, mail would wait until the next polling session to send.   
Either way, Windows 3.0, 3.1 and Desqview all crashed the system with 
sharing violations so bad that I had to give the three finger salute to 
restore normality to my system.

And all this was running OS/2 out of the box, not updates or anything.  I've 
been running this combination ever since I got OS/2 in June/July, and before 
I got the system fine tuned for maximum performance.

Oh, and all this was done without ANY fossil drivers, only using waffle 
programs from the WAF164.ZIP distribution file.  :)


I don't know if anyone else has any input about Waffle under OS/2, but my 
experiences have all been WONDERFUL!.


Greg

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