* In a message originally to John Dailey, Mark Hoover said:

 MH> This is probably why I never wrote a door.  Couldn't find any
 MH> instructions on doing the fossil/comm stuff.

:) I know exactly what you mean.  The hard part is getting a solid
communications base that WORKS first.  The rest (managing input/output) is a
piece of cake.  Like I said earlier, in the past, I've had commercial
products that took care of the dirty work.

 MH> JD> I'm ready to say "too hell with FOSSIL and
DOS/16bit" at this point.
 MH> As much as I can't help with the programming, I for one would like to
 MH> beg you not to do this.  My landline system still runs DOS and a dialup
 MH> modem and this is where I run all my leagues from.....:(

I know there are a lot of systems out there still running this way, which
makes it all the more challenging.  I want to find a solution that allows me
to maintain a single code-base that can be compiled for multiple targets like
DOS/Win/etc.

If I could get the FOSSIL portion of EleCom to work, my problem would be
solved.


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