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mchalmer@mcs213a.cs.umr.edu (Matthew Chalmers) writes:

>You might try running the BNU FOSSIL instead of X00. The .EXE file has more
>control over the port, and therefor YOU have more control over the port. BNU
>is also a bit more see-thru, whereas X00 often jumps right up and proclaims
>[...]
>Another suggestion is to throw Windows in the trash and buy a copy of
>DESQview. I have successfully been running QuickBBS under FrontDoor under
>DESQview for several years. I have played around with Windows, but have

....or OS/2 2.0, if you have 8+ meg of RAM and 32+ meg of free disk.
It's a good deal better than DESQview (which in turn is a good deal better
than Windoze) at multitasking DOS apps.  I've been running my BBS under it
for quite a while now, and it's a lot more stable and smooth than DESQview was.
(I'm using a USR Dual Std on a 386/40 with some custom-hacked BBS software)

BTW, if you do go with OS/2, you'll need to use the newest X00 (v1.49a); 
BNU (1.70) dosen't like OS/2 very much (well, there's a com driver patch for 
OS/2, maybe that fixed the BNU problem, but X00 works fine -- I should try 
BNU with the new com drivers and see if it works now...)  

                Mike

p.s...  this is NOT meant to start another OS/2 vs Windows vs DV war, just
trying to make helpful suggestions.  Flames to Email...
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