following up a message from Peter Sumner to Tony Butler:
 JH>> the Win32 version of Max (MaxN), as Win95 has a bug that
 JH>> prevents your mailer, even if win32 as well, from passing a
 JH>> hot COM-port to Maximus thus causing a carrier drop.
 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?
Actually, it's a question of passing an open port between 16 & 32-bit apps 
under '95.  MS, in it's infinite wisdom, did not allow that in the design.  
In any case, since any Dos BBS (or mailer, for that matter) needs command.com 
(which is 16-bit) to invoke the BBS, well...  You get the idea. ;(
I've been told that programming to the TAPI is one solution (one which, 
apparently Scott Dudley will not implement).  Also, someone has written a 
utility (Binkshim) to allow the use of Bink/NT as a front end for Wildcat!5
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