From: Dan (dan_at_dbdigitalweb.com)
Date: Sun Aug 29 2004 - 10:02:14 PDT
>>Actually some time ago there were posts on the list indicating that
>>proper setting of serial buffers was all that was needed for package
>>install to work; also without slowdown.
>>
>
>
> Not speaking from experience with Windows XP (I have a Mac) I always
> thought that the true test of Slowdown.exe was a full backup. Steele.
> Have you tried to back up your Newt yet? See if that "breaks" your
> connection. That would seem to be the true test. :-)
Yes the serial buffers are very important. And perhaps the default
settings are what they should be. Often they are set at max, which I
have found it should be set far less.
And Jon makes another point. A full backup is the true test. But even
then a full backup of a freshly brainwiped Newt is much easier than one
that has been used for a while. You see fragmentation of the memory
happens after awhile of use. So you may be able to backup without any
problems now, but say in a year might run into disconnect problems. So
keep slowdown handy and be ready to use it if you run into disconnect
problems. Which I suspect you will at some point.
-Dan
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