-=> Quoting John McLachlan to Tom Austin <=-
JM> I regret to say that I believe that if you are writing and running
JM> scripts then yo have to use the DOS version, which I do all the time.
JM>
JM> |\_/|
JM> | c | John McLachlan
JM> +-+ +-- Brisbane, Qld, Australia
Not even a G'day from ya? Well, greetings from Florida. I use
the Dos version right now, but have been trying out the Windows version.
It seems the Setdial and Dial commands are not supported in the Windows
version. Otherwise, the scripts that I have moved over to TM for
Windows seem to work fine. I did see a comment from Winfred to another
user that those would be implemented in a later version of TMW. Let's
look at reality, not too far down the road, DOS is gonna die, and
eventually, we all will run some version of Windows NT made to look like
Win 95 and when that day comes, DOS programs will no longer run under
whatever that operating system is called. I have heard as soon as
sometime in 1997, an operating system based on NT and Win 95 will appear
and at that point many of us will have to make the decision to go
forward, or stay with Win 95 for a while. But software manufacturer's
are moving that way and after all or most are writing 32 bit code that
will run under Win 95 or NT, you and I won't be getting updates or new
programs that will run under DOS anymore. At that point, Bill Gates
will have accomplished his goal of killing off DOS which was his baby to
start with. This is why I am making a real attempt to get fully
checked out using Windows based programs. The nice feature of scripts
under TM for DOS is once started, they can take care of the dialing,
logging on, a variety of tasks and log you off. This is not possible
using TMW yet. Hopefully soon.
*See ya 'round the system, Tom*
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