Ian Timms wrote in a message to Peter Fitzsimmons:

IT> the port, something that prevents the user from shooting
IT> themselves in the foot under normal circumstances, however
IT> many a user (including me) does not like the idea of being
IT> prevented from using the full capabilities of this OS.

  Which would be circumventing the purpose of the protection mechanisms
built into the operating system.

IT> What you're forgetting here is that this is a multi-tasking
IT> single-user who wants to be able to have another process in
IT> another session monitor the status of the port so that a
IT> lost connection can be  re-started, or a lengthy hung
IT> connection can be terminated.

  This is the job of the process that opened the port. Certain resources
aren't meant to be shared under OS/2, comm ports are one of them. What you
are trying to do is circumvent the mechanisms built-in to the operating
system for another purpose. You can expect problems, but Maximus isn't
causing them.

    See ya,

Craig
cam{at}wpc.cioe.com


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