I am writing a VB 4.0 windows program that drives the serial port.
My protocol requires using the parity bit to signify beginning of
a packet. (talking to 8051's using Automatic Address Recognition)

Takes VB 4.0 forever (250ms) to allow one to change the parity bit
using mscomm1.settings = "19200,s,8,1".

Is there a faster way? How fast is VB 5.0 in this regard?