Subj : DOS BBS in Win2000
To   : Craig Healy
From : Torbjorn Mohn
Date : Wed Jul 12 2000 05:58 am

> DOS apps can access the COM port without a FOSSIL.  I'm typing
> this connected with Telix 3.22 for DOS on a Win2000 machine.  No
> FOSSIL.

NT/win2000 will let a DOS program access the com port without a fossil. What it 
will NOT do however, is let go of the COM port from one DOS app to another, 
hence the problem Doug Gleason was describing. Same problem occurs if you try 
and run a DOS based door from a BBS system.

Torbjorn

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