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to: JUSSI HAMALAINEN
from: BOB JUGE
date: 1997-12-21 19:19:00
subject: Telnet

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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