-=> Quoting Karl Schneider to All <=-

 KS> Aside from the fact that I'm rapidly approaching 'fossil' status
 KS> myself, I still haven't managed to figure out just what it means with
 KS> respect to communications.

 KS> I use one, (as probably is evident from stuff in my messages), but I
 KS> sure would like to know just what the hell it *is*, what it *does*,
 KS> and why it's necessary!

FOSSIL - (F)ido-(O)pus-(S)eadog-(S)tandard-(I)nterface-(L)ayer. A
specification detailing the interface between a communications application
and a PC's serial communications hardware. Originally conceived to allow
programmers to implement common low-level serial I/O functions for their
applications on platforms that were not 100% compatible.


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