Robert Rolf wrote:

> Winblows is also horrible at handling high speed
> serial data. I used to collect data for a logging application
> at 115.2kbaud, and had irregular dropped characters due to
> winblows 98 horrible buffer management. (65k buffers were bad.
> 32k buffers fixed the problem, at a slight overhead cost).
> As a result I don't trust winblows serial I/O, EVER.


Hi Robert,

Ok, thanks very much for sharing your experiences. It is interesting -- I
never experienced the problems you have experienced. I have never heard
about this or remember seeing anything in MSDN regarding this. That of
course does not mean it is not out there somewhere. If you ever come across
any documentation regarding faulty Windows 98 buffer management I would be
interested in seeing a link.

Have you ever tried a newer Windows OS like Windows XP? Did you see the same
problems? Do you think it might have been poor serial card device drivers
instead of the OS?

Well, once again, thanks for your time.

Best regards,

Ken Pergola



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