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echo: jdssoft
to: John Dailey
from: Scott Adams
date: 2004-03-17 00:31:28
subject: Re: FOSSIL hell.

-=> Quoting John Dailey to All <=-

 JD> {at}MSGID: 3:633/690 00fcec0d
 JD> So I'm suffering in FOSSIL hell right now.

 JD> Damnit, the only part of door writing I don't like is dealing with the
 JD> communications routines.  Why can't it be simple?

 JD> My latest door library is built upon the Elecom library, which is
 JD> great. However, I can't get the damn FOSSIL part object to work... AT
 JD> ALL.  Even the example.pas "door" included with the library doesn't
 JD> work and I'm at my witts end.

 JD> I'm ready to say "too hell with FOSSIL and DOS/16bit" at
this point. 
 JD> Sockets are so much nicer (never thought I'd say that).

 JD> Has anyone out there reading here had experience with the Elecom
 JD> FOSSIL routines and gotten them to work with DOS 16, DOS 32 or Win32
 JD> platforms? 

        I've never heard of the doorkit.  Might ask in the pascal echo.
        Maybe someone there has.  Have you tried newer models of the
        ASYNC3 com package?  It was out years ago and mostly in ASM
        but was great then.  It probably has newer versions.


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