Subj : Win32 vs DOS
To   : Jerry Schwartz
From : Minh Van Le
Date : Sat Jan 24 2009 12:15 pm

Hello Jerry !

On 20-Jan'09 19:05, Jerry Schwartz wrote to Richard Webb:

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.

May be if people use WinFOSSIL but that thing's so old it probably doesn't work
under Windows XP or Vista.

Maybe NetSerial will work.

But man ... MODEMS ... DIALUP ?? you've -got- to be joking.

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