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Fossils drivers under Windoows. was re:boards under windows

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From: pierre
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 13:22
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In article <8m7mRB1w165w@micromed.com>, donh@micromed.com (Don Hackler) writes:
> fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford) writes:
> 
>> 
>> I would like to hear from sysops who are operating boards within
>> the MS Windows environment.  What software are you using?  How
>> well does it behave?  Does it handle >9600 okay?  Can it run in
>> the background?
>> 
>> I currently use Opus with UFGATE in DESQview, but circumstances
>> may cause me to move to Windows.  Where ever you go, there you are.
>> -- 
>> Keith E. Ford     __
> 
> I'm running WAFFLE 1.65 on a couple of machines in a Windows 3.1
> Dos box.  My modems are locked at 19.2Kb. I'm not running
> any fossil drivers or doing anything special with the system.
> One system runs exclusively in the background, while the
> other system runs in the foreground, except when I'm doing something
> else on the machine ( it doesn't seem to make much difference ).
> 
> I'm considering running a second dos box on one of the machines
> to run a second copy of the BBS software.  
> I believe you can run a fossil driver along with Windows, but I haven;t
> tried it.  
> Don Hackler - shakala!donh@clubzen.fidonet.org
> 
> -- 
> donh@micromed.com (Don Hackler)
-- 

	yes you can because Telegard needs a fossil driver. I use X00 v.124



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Subject: Fossils drivers under Windoows. was re:boards under windows
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