-=> Quoting Tim Parsons to Mike Powell <=-

 RT>> Win95, Win98, Win98SE, and WinME _will_ allow hardware to be directly
 RT>> manipulated by applications.  It's the WinNT-series of OSs -- WinNT4,
 RT>> WinXP, Win2k series -- that won't
 MP> So, WinXP will *not* work with a DOS comm/BBS program?  Interesting.
 TP> That can't be right.

'Fraid so

 TP> One application I look after at work is an ancient Clipper program

But is it a DOS program?

 TP> that sends faxes via a modem attached to a local com port. It runs on
 TP> an NT4 system, and works fine.

Does it run in a DOS box?

 TP> I suspect - if the first statement above is true - that the OS
 TP> intercepts calls to the hardware and handles them itself,

Yes, via a Windows interrupt

 TP> whether they
 TP> come from a program running in a DOS box or a Windows app.

If the application send commands directly to the commport (and thus
your modem), then it just won't work under WinNT4-style OSs

Richard

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