#: 20068 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    25-Jun-94  16:41:07
Sb: #20043-Zmodem Question
Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051
To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X)

 > > While I have you, got a question.  I will be getting "ix" for the OSK
 > > system soon as I get my order in, have coco version and was curious if
 > the > ".msg" files would happen to be compatible.  I suspect maybe not, as
 > some > of the variables are of different size on the 2 systems, but if so,
 > it > would be a big plus.
 >
 > Sorry, but no, they are not compatible. However, I'll take a look at the
 > new utility program, ixutil, and see how difficult it would be to add a
 > conversion option. I can't promise anything, though.

Thanks for your reply.  Re: the serial stuff, I've gone ahead and ordered an
internal modem from Delmar.  I feel that the driver for the modem will be more
specifically devoted to a modem.  I think that if the serial ports or driver
had any shortcomings, and I don't really think there were any, could be
attributed to the fact that the primary purpose of these ports is for terminal
usage, and attention was not given to this aspect.  Ed Gresick has apparently
gone to quite a bit of trouble researching my input, really more than I would
have expected.  Really, the serial ports work quite well.  I'm using my coco
mostly due to the fact that I still haven't ordered  ix/OSK.

RE: portability... I've discovered that data file portability between the two
can be a bugger.  I realized that INT's were different, but the two systems
don't always store strings alike, either.  That's not a real big priority,
really.  I'd say most people would probably stick to one or the other, as I
probably will.


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