Subj : Win32 vs DOS
To : Minh Van Le
From : Jerry Schwartz
Date : Sun Jan 25 2009 05:04 pm
Hello, Minh...
Jan 24, 2009 at 12:15, Minh Van Le wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
JS>> That is absolutely true (the port handoff problem), but
JS>> unfortunately I no longer remember the details. I was
JS>> trying it under Win98, though, and haven't tried it under
JS>> XP. The problem is that a DOS program needs exclusive use
JS>> of the port, and won't let go of it until it terminates.
JS>> When it does, it's parent DOS program (in this case, the
JS>> DOS command interpreter) inherits it and won't let go.
JS>> With XP, the command interpreter is a completely different
JS>> (32-bit) beast, the problem might no longer exists.
MVL> May be if people use WinFOSSIL but that thing's so old it probably
MVL> doesn't work under Windows XP or Vista.
I'm pretty sure I did at one time, but it didn't solve the problem. I'm using
NTCOMM under XP now.
Regards,
Jerry Schwartz
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