On (15 Mar 95) Eric Schonning wrote to Chris Adams...
 CA> for that program was 6 seconds ;). Has extremely robust comm support
 CA> (115k bps max, full support for nonstandard ports, IRQs, etc), great
 ES>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 ES> I have to disagree with you here, as it really *doesn't* have "full"
 ES> support for non-standard ports.  you have to do it for com1-com4 by
 ES> poking the correct address into memory.  full support in my mind would
 CA> You know, I thought about that RIGHT after I posted that. Someone like
 CA> you would have to come along and point that out... (Argh...)
 CA> Of course, with PB3.1 and that PB.LIB thing, it's there. Look for
 CA> SetComAddress.
 ES> The trouble with add on libs is you have to make sure you carry those
 ES> around with you as well.  I kinda like just having to carry pb.exe and
 ES> the .hlp file only when going to a new machine.  More irritating than
 ES> the com support is no svga support, or even decent vga support.  Yes it
 ES> is available thru libs, but once again it is something else you have to
 ES> remember...
Yeah. Of course, I just bring my PB install disk which takes care of 
that. (I have PB/XTRA if I feel the need to seriously expend disk 
space!)
 CA> BTW, Nice CDROM software, and I'm sorry I can't call in anymore... (Ho
 CA> many CDs do you have? 70?)
 ES> something like that.  still only 6 online at a time though.  i am
 ES> always looking for the inexpensive 100 cd changer.  if it only had 1
Only a few grand... 
 ES> cd-rom drive that would be fine, but needs to hold at least 100 cd's,
 ES> of which i could easily fill.  i like going to those computer shows at
 ES> the fairgrounds and community center, if i find shareware cd's around
 ES> $10 that i don't have usually get them.
Yeah. Could you imagine, though, how insanely long a search could take 
for 100 cd-roms!
 ES> did you move btw?      Eric
Yeah. I'm in Santa Maria, and my old bbs (1:206/2405) is being run by my
dad (It's a store board, and the store didn't go anywhere, so we just
settled for second best... )
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