Hi Thomas and all, had a look into the docfile. It seems that local_port is just a number to separate all open connections. I didn't test it but I guess this means You can have up to 10 (0..9) open connections.
Regards Joerg On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 04:26:07 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote: > Excerpt from Joerg Dietze quoting documentation from NETBASIC: >> CONNECT local_port, server_port, server_name, mode > local_port is an integer value between 0 and 9, similiar to the > file number used in the file functions > server_port is a real port number , e.g 80 for http or 23 for telnet > server_name is a string with either the name of the server or > its IP-adress. > mode is a string. Possible modes are "a" for ascii mode or > "b" for binary mode. > I don't want to quote 100 lines, but how is the local_port number determined, > especially if DOS and the BIOS don't recognize the port by an integer between 0 > and 9? Like maybe a modem at base 0xd400 IRQ 11, or even base 0x2e8 IRQ 5? Is > there a form of the OPEN command that dials the modem and installs a packet > driver? -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
