Thanks everyone for your replies :)
 
I put the finishing touches on Hackin' Crackin' v2.0b1 Win32 tonight 
and it's officially ready for some testing -- assuming I don't find 
anything else to tweak in the next few days.
 
Honestly, I haven't tried serial or fossil comm yet because I don't 
have the means to do so easily.  Telnet works beautifully though.  I 
may try to test the serial/fossil before I give it out.
 
Anyway, I'll probably contact some of you directly to help test this 
baby out.  Thanks for your willingness.
 
I'll try to respond to some of your other comments soon as well.

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