On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:34:54, Dale Mentzer wrote:
> On 4 Jan 00 at 1:37, Dev Teelucksingh wrote:
>>> There is a shareware Win9x utility called ViP, which allows DOS
>>> programs to access a Windows-only communications device under
>>> Win 9x. These include Winmodems, USB modems, and PCI modems.
>>> You can download a demo at http://www.turbocom.com/vip.html
> Thanks, Dev, some interesting reading at their site. Happy New Year
> to you too, Dev.
> Regards,
> Dale Mentzer
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Yes, there is some interesting reading there.
Using a Windoze 95 machine, I have found that I can get a WinModem to work
while in DOS mode provided I click on
START > SHUT DOWN > RESTART IN MS-DOS MODE.
The WinModem won't work from a "DOS-box", nor will it work if I hit F8 just
before Windoze boots, and then select "Command prompt only". In any event
it will not run large DOS communications apps such as Bobcat and Arachne.
It seems that the Windoze drivers are hungry for the conventional DOS
memory.
One thing I don't understand:
Why will the WinModem work if I click on "Restart in MS-DOS mode", but it
will not work in a "DOS-box", nor will it work from the F8 > "Command
prompt only" method of accessing DOS? Does anybody know the answer?
I sure don't understand it. It would seem to me that the same Windoze
drivers would be running in the background even when you are in a "DOS-box",
or similarly if you resort to the F8 > "Command prompt only" method.
Another thing I don't understand:
Why do most consumers want to buy machines with WinModems? So, maybe they
save about $40.00 in buying a machine with an inferior modem, but they lose
out on the advantages of having an otherwise superior machine when the
computer's system resources are bogged down by the WinModem.
And here is something else I don't understand:
Why do most Windozing consumers think that it is best to buy a modem that
is advertised as "designed especially for Windows 95"? Don't most people
know that the best modems are those that are *not* designed especially for
their particular operating system? Anyone who knows what he is doing
doesn't need to "plug and pray".
Sam Heywood
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