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from: Mvan Le
date: 2006-08-22 07:55:00
subject: SYS00000006: GetCommStat

I'm getting the following error 

  SYS00000006: GetCommState()  

when launching

  bt32 unattended

(the Win32 version of BinkleyTerm).

After loading the BT mailer screen and attempting to initialise the Com
port the program exits.  

In the log file:

  + 17 Aug 21:30:47 BINK begin, BinkleyTerm/Win32 Ver. 2.60
  ! 17 Aug 21:30:47 BINK No BOSS in the nodelist
  ! 17 Aug 21:30:52 BINK SYS00000006: GetCommState()

The documentation states,

  Note that on Windows 95, you can't get a Win32 BBS to run under
  BinkleyTerm with the standard command processor because comm port
  inheritance (the ability of one Win32 application to pass a ``hot''
  port to another Win32 application) doesn't work if there's a
  DOS app (like the command processor) in the way.  One way to use
  the Win32 BinkleyTerm to work on Windows 95 with a BBS is to
  install WinFOSSIL (a shareware driverwhich provides improved
  comm support), and use a DOS BBS.

But at this stage I am not running a BBS nor attempting to pass callers via spawnbbs.

Do I need WinFOSSIL to run BT/32 ?

Thanks !


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