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- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
- Subject: Re: Windows and FOSSIL Drivers. Need HELP!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.205033.6543@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 20:50:33 GMT
- Article-I.D.: qiclab.1992Jul21.205033.6543
- References: <1992Jul17.224440.15075@news.Hawaii.Edu> <5477@umriscc.isc.umr.edu>
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- Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
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- mchalmer@mcs213a.cs.umr.edu (Matthew Chalmers) writes:
-
- >You might try running the BNU FOSSIL instead of X00. The .EXE file has more
- >control over the port, and therefor YOU have more control over the port. BNU
- >is also a bit more see-thru, whereas X00 often jumps right up and proclaims
- >"This is MY port, leave it alone!" and Windows doesn't appreciate it.
-
- >You also might try running BNU at the start of your window, like when you
- >open RA from Windows. With the .EXE file, you are allowed to load it at
- >any time, and likewise allowed to unload it when you don't need it anymore.
- >The X00 .SYS device driver (as well as BNU's device driver, if you should
- >use it) normally has to be loaded at boot-time, making it a lot less
- >flexible.
-
- Well, X00 v1.24 (out for quite some time) let's you rename the SYS
- file to EXE and load it as a TSR. It'll also *unload* then. So the correct
- way to run XOO under Windows is to run X00.EXE in the window. And to
- use the included XU program for fine tuning things.
-
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- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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