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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: K95 Kermit flickers on Key Input in NT4.0
Date: 28 Mar 1997 18:53:28 GMT
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In article <5hh2ug$e5p$1@news.impulse.net>,
Stephen Au <stephen@arktel.com> wrote:
: >Frank da Cruz wrote:
: >>....
: >>In Windows, we're dealing with a much more... "complicated" environment.
: >>There are infinite combinations of hardware, graphics adapters, drivers,
: >>BIOS's, etc, and bugs in all of these.
: >>
: I would think that this is a step forward than the old days of pure DOS,
: with Windows and WIN drivers to give some isolation from raw iron.
:
In theory, of course it's a step forward. In practice it tends not to be,
because (a) PC boards and drivers are rushed to market and many if not most of
them are buggy for that reason, (b) the more layers of stuff you have to go
through, the less responsive the application, and (c) there is usually no way
to circumvent buggy OS's or drivers. MS-DOS Kermit is incredibly responsive
because, on serial connections it *is* the serial port driver, and on TCP/IP
connections, it uses its own self-contained TCP/IP stack.
We'll respond to your other points separately.
- Frank