Jussi Hamalainen wrote in a message to Bob Juge:
BJ> So even with COM/IP, this only works for 16 bit FOSSIL DOS apps under
BJ> Win95 or WinNT? Is there no such thing for native Win32 apps under 95
BJ> or NT? Under both Win95 and WinNT, the best multitasking is achieved
BJ> using native apps. Having to run their DOS equivalents is not a good
BJ> solution.
JH> As long as the application uses FOSSIL to communicate, it makes no
JH> difference. It also works with all apps that use the COM-driver to
JH> acess the port and won't try to use it directly.
A DOS app will _never_ perform as well as its native 32 bit equivalent under
any multitasking system, be it OS/2, NT, or (especially) Win95. DOS apps
(even FOSSIL ones) load the system down and negatively affect all other
sks.
BJ> SIO.SYS's Vmodem, under OS/2, allows native OS/2 apps _and_ DOS apps
BJ> to be telnettable. *That's* what I'm looking for.
JH> So, let's get Gwinn to port SIO's Vmodem to 95/NT?
I'll keep trying. :-(
- Bob
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