On 03-10-97, JOHN PATERSON said to ALL:
JP>In Windows 95 there was a method to allow more than one program which
JP>uses the modem to access the modem when needed and then give up control
JP>when not needed to allow another program to access it without shutting
JP>down the first program.  Basically Win 95 was able to handle COM Port
JP>contention without any problems.
That's called TAPI - Telephony API.  You need to use the same comm 
pplication
you did under 95 for this to work.  A free one is Hyperterminal Personal
Edition v3.0 from Hilgraeve (www.hilgraeve.com) - haven't used it yet but may
be all you need.  Commercial ones include Qmodem for Win95 and Procomm Plus
for Win95.  They need to be 95/NT-specific...
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