Subj : Re: ARGH.
To   : Atreyu
From : Mro
Date : Thu Mar 24 2022 16:56:25

A> It would be a more interesting conversation if you would assume, just for t
A> moment, that maybe I know what I'm doing.


it's hard to do that when you write this:

A> I did fire up an Vmware VM of 10 Enterprise 32-bit, copied everything from 
A> and had it running. The moment I had a dialup caller the X00 Fossil driver 
A> drove the VM's CPU through the roof no matter that the serial port was set 
A> polling. Replacing that Fossil driver was a waste of time. Multiple telnet
A> callers at the same time was hokey with the way NTVDM and video drivers wor
A> on 10. Usurper randomly crashed. Anytime Windows Update, Dism or Dot-net
A> optimization services would run, the CPU is hogged causing the BBS to suffe
A> 
A> The piece of junk XP machine has none of these problems.
A> 
A> It's up to me... that in this house, computers work for me and not the othe
A> way around.


you shouldnt even be using that fossil driver. there's better fossil drivers.

so with all your problems you either have hardware problems or operator error.
lots of us run bbses on modern hardware and/or on virtual machines. we have no
problems like this.  also, dialup callers? come on man!

i think you're just very stubborn  and a bit close minded.

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