-=> Quoting Tony Butler to Jussi Hamalainen <=-
 TB> While I am not a programmer, somehow this doesn't make any sense..
 TB> Multiple programs can access the modem using Winsock, so why doesn't
 TB> this work with a windows-compatible fossil driver?
Winsock uses a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) on the line to the remote
server. The programs that use winsock to communicate over the line, use a
protocol called TCP/IP that runs over the PPP. Programs that use TCP/IP
(like Netscape for instance) do not take over the serial line. They just
tell winsock what to send over the line.
 TB> Conversely, if it works with Winsock, why not adapt a fossil to act
 TB> as a winsock agent and then write bbs software to access the winsock?
Why not then just junk the idea of a FOSSIL compleately and start running
a BBS connected to the internet or a PPP-server?
-=[ Count Zero / TBH - Jussi Hamalainen - email count@theblah.org ]=-
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