Subj : LSPPPDlr 2003
To : MARK LEWIS
From : MICHEL SAMSON
Date : Wed Dec 08 2004 10:09 pm
Hi Mark,
About "LSPPPDlr 2003" (part 4/4) of December 8:
MG> ...could I not just fire it up, cd to c:\rlfossil and run the
MG> RLfossil program and cause it to emulate a comport, my modem is on
MG> com2, mouse is on com 1, so what comport/irq would I use?
ML> Another, other than COM1 or COM2 as they are both in use... perhaps
ML> COM3 with IRQ5... ...don't exit RLFossil since it is the com/modem
ML> emulator... if you exit it, the emulation isn't in place anymore...
MS> ...no ~IRQ~... `RLFossil' talks to the Packet-Driver and the later
MS> has EXCLUSIVE use of your real MoDem. The packet-Driver itself is
MS> no piece of HardWare... ...an image is worth a thousand words...
ML> But what COM port would one tell {COMMO} or telix or procomm to use
ML> to talk to RLFOSSIL?
`Procomm v2.4.3' doesn't have such a capability, `{Commo} v7.7' and
`Telix v3.51' do support ~INT-14~/~FOSSIL~ Serial-Ports. Since an image
is worth a thousand words, euh... i'll simply use command-line samples:
RLFossil.EXE 2 1 "Commo.EXE /:INT-14 /{*1,,3,V,}"
C:\PPP\RLFossil.EXE 2 1 "Telix.EXE INT14"
There are three parameters found on these `RLFossil' command-lines:
the 0-based Serial-Port number (0=COM1, 1=COM2, 2=COM3 and 3=COM4), next
we define the number of sessions possible (four ~TelNet~ connections are
supported simultaneously, in separate/virtual DOS sessions); the 3rd is
where we find the Application's Command-Line (DEFINED BETWEEN BRACKETS).
There's only one HardWare Serial-Port present on my PC but i used a
US Robotics ~ISA~ MoDem (model 0584, product #005687-03) not so long ago
and i consider COM2 to be reserved even if i had to remove my card after
the MoDem lost its ~Flash~ FirmWare... I can start numbering `RLFossil'
Serial-Ports from COM3 and up but i only need to emulate one in my case.
;-)
Take note that no genuine `{Commo}' release used the `INT-14' macro
but both packages allow the selection of a ~FOSSIL~ Serial-Port from the
Command-Line: in `{Commo}'s case, "*1" in "{*1,,3,V,}" means ~BIOS INT-
14~/~FOSSIL~ Serial-Port at 38K4 bps. I must confess that the matter of
local connection speed (~DTE~, isn't it?) sure sounds somewhat "elusive"
since i get rate peaks around 4K cps (both on `{Commo}' and `Telix') but
there's no significant drop when i set `Telix' for a 9K6 bps connection;
if i use `MS-kermit' with `RLFossil' instead then my connect speed shows
as "unknown"... In any case, the Serial-Port `{Commo}' or `Telix' would
use is defined right on `RLFossil's Command-Line!... It's just a matter
of making both pieces of SoftWare agree (and to pick a Serial-Port which
is free, preferably)! ;-) Now, might a HardWare and a ~Fossil~ Serial-
Port coexist by using the same COM number and yet work correctly? There
is such a possibility in a `W32' DOS box when `COM/IP' happens to be the
Virtual ~TelNet~ MoDem "Shim", i believe, but my setup is OK as it is...
8-)
Salutations,
Michel Samson
a/s Bicephale
http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/
N.B.: Please, drop me a note when you're ready to try `MS-Kermit' as an
`OS/2' external file-transfer protocol-driver on a `Maximus' BBS!
... In 1981, with some effort, might we have got InterNet access on XTs?
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