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Re: Turnpike on OS2

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From: Richard Clayton
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 00:00
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In article <LMs0Omt287po-pn2-dh7IGJ9wVwfw@localhost>, Martin
<martin@speedsix.demon.co.uk> writes

>Chris Gore <chris@peergynt.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone managed to install TP 16-bit version on OS2 Warp3 using OS2's
>> version of Win 3.1 ?
>> As far as I know there is no version of TP using native OS2 code.
>
>Install, yes, no problem.  But make it work?  Not a chance. 

worked for me when I last tried it - a couple of years ago

it did not work with the OS2 that was around in 1995, but IBM
subsequently fixed things in the next version

> The 
>dialler refuses to see the COM: ports, and it won't use the OS/2 
>IP stack so the OS/2 dialler doesn't help.

I'd be very surprised if the NTS stack worked ... but you should be able
to use Turnpike in direct network connection mode

-- 
richard @ turnpike . com                         "Nothing seems the same
                          Still you never see the change from day to day
                                And no-one notices the customs slip away"
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Date: 2000/02/14
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