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From: hounsell@cc.joensuu.fi
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Subject: Re: New Telnet/MUDClient Troubles
In article <chris.5.000CD800@clubside.digex.net> chris@clubside.digex.net (Chris Rowley) writes:
>Thanks to everyone who has commented and/or offered help in my writing Telnet
>and MUD client software for WinSock.
[...]
>Basically, it boils down to this: I would like to have a group,
>users-helping-users, public domain, all source code included Telnet and MUD
>Client product out there today, but in Visual Basic this appears nigh
>impossible at the moment and I don't have the time nor accumen to get C++
>skills in the space of days.
[...]
> Chris
Hello Chris
I am no expert by any means but is it possible to write everything in
Visual Basic? <:-) (maybe a dumb question) Can the interface to winsock (VBX)
be written in VB itself? I have access to Visual Basic 3.0 Pro and I am
willing to help as much as I can to public domain software. I think any PD
should be put under the gnu licence (if possible) so it will remain free.
Of course starting on such a project is not a one day affair, but I for one
would like to see as much PD stuff as possible, at least one of everything.
Eudora is a great example of usefully PD and excellent (IMHO) commerical
software. I am sure there is enough talent here on the net to create all
the tools we need.
Count me in
Paul
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From: greywolf@new-orleans.neosoft.com (Tal Greywolf)
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Subject: Re: Want comm.drv for Win 3.1 that will do more than 19200 BAUD
In article <mads.7.00135616@civy.demon.co.uk> mads@civy.demon.co.uk (Richard Maddocks) writes:
>In article <2pp29n$r2k@news.tamu.edu> barnett@sunrock.tamu.edu (Ashley
>Barnett) writes:
>>Where can I find a comm.drv for Windows 3.1 that will allow me to set
>>the BAUD rate of my serial ports above 19200. I would like at least
>>38400 of higher. I have a 16550 chip on my serial ports but applications
>>running in windows that use comm.drv (in the system.ini file) are not
>>making use of the faster chip. I have seen pictures in books where the
>>Windows 3.1 serial port driver allows you to set the speed as high as
>>115 KBAUD. Are these just pictures? I saw something posted a while
>>back about this. I didn't have a need at the time.
>Have you tried just entering 38400 in the settings for the comm port. Even
>though it isnt in the drop down box it will accept other values.
>Hope this helps
That won't help much. The limitations on comm.drv were written in by
Microsoft back when anything faster than 9600 was a pipe dream for PCs. There
is a commercial package that replaces comm.drv with a .drv package that will
work up to 115kbs called TurboComm (I'll check my data here and repost if
necessary) that works wonders. It's very intelligent, will work with 16550
UART chips, and if you don't have a 16550, it'll create a small RAM buffer
that will at least buffer the data if things start to slow down on your
machine. Very highly rated replacement... it would have been nice if
Microsoft had added it to WFW, but all we can hope for is that they realize
that comm ports ARE running faster than 9600 nowadays if and when Windows 4.0
(or whatever they plan to call it) comes out... likely in 1996.
-Tal Greywolf