Subj : Re: Version
To   : David Rance
From : Paul Williams
Date : Fri Dec 14 2001 01:25 pm

Hi David Rance, hope you are having a nice day

PW>> That too, but aren't there country specific versions too?
PW>>I know I've seen reference to a french version, and ofc the
PW>>one here is the us version.
DR>Yes, I've got a French version too but the differences are simply to do 
DR>with language prompts.

 Ah. Ofc w/ m$ you never know. ;>

PW>> Hmm does bink see the comport w/o the modem attached? Does it
PW>>see any comports for that matter?
DR>No.

 Ouch! Although that gives an idea of what to tinker on.
It may be a case of '98 assigning the comports improperly.
Unfortunately that's not something I can help a lot w/. :<

 It's like on my laptop w/ trying to get a com program to see
the ir port which is com5. '98 says I have a nice high speed
serial port on com5 but nothing, not even 'doze programs see it. :/

 I'm thinking it may be something to do w/ all the networking stuff
that gets loaded.

DR>However since I last wrote I was persuaded to buy another, more expensive,
DR>USB to serial convertor This one works like a dream and all my problems
DR>have gone away! It's made by Belkin which I think is American. It can be
DR>configured to work with Windows and optionally with DOS as well. I must
DR>say I was sceptical about buying another one, but I'm glad I did. I can
DR>now run Binkley for DOS and Telix for DOS! :-)

 I'm considering buying a USB-10/100 ethernet adapter for $39.95USD
to use on the laptop. I'd like to find a USB-Joystick adapter as well
but haven't seen one yet. (otoh i did see a usb-scsi adapter i thought
was neat)

 -=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams <=-

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