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

mailto:jerryschwartz@comfortable.com
http://www.writebynight.com

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