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- From: kramer@ms.uky.edu (Mike Andrews)
- Subject: Re: Windows and FOSSIL Drivers. Need HELP!!
- References: <1992Jul17.224440.15075@news.Hawaii.Edu>
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- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.173816.3666@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 21:38:16 GMT
- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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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
- >[...]
- >Another suggestion is to throw Windows in the trash and buy a copy of
- >DESQview. I have successfully been running QuickBBS under FrontDoor under
- >DESQview for several years. I have played around with Windows, but have
-
- ....or OS/2 2.0, if you have 8+ meg of RAM and 32+ meg of free disk.
- It's a good deal better than DESQview (which in turn is a good deal better
- than Windoze) at multitasking DOS apps. I've been running my BBS under it
- for quite a while now, and it's a lot more stable and smooth than DESQview was.
- (I'm using a USR Dual Std on a 386/40 with some custom-hacked BBS software)
-
- BTW, if you do go with OS/2, you'll need to use the newest X00 (v1.49a);
- BNU (1.70) dosen't like OS/2 very much (well, there's a com driver patch for
- OS/2, maybe that fixed the BNU problem, but X00 works fine -- I should try
- BNU with the new com drivers and see if it works now...)
-
- Mike
-
- p.s... this is NOT meant to start another OS/2 vs Windows vs DV war, just
- trying to make helpful suggestions. Flames to Email...
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