Re: Win95 crashes when use com port in dos box

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From: Scott Mordecai
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 00:00

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>> Does anyone have any idea why, when I use any DOS-based comms program from
>> within a Win95 DOS-box, Win95 locks up completely.  I does not seems
>> specific to any comms program - I use the DOS Demon software, other old
>> bulletin board progs (Telix).
>
>Is that because some (most?) DOS s/w talks directly to the h/w
>(unruly) and Win95 doesn't like/allow that?

Sounds like a fair enough theory, but it always used to work "it just
suddenly" stopped, and I've no idea if I've done something, or some game or
other peice of software has overwritten a driver, or what... :-(

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From: scott@musicman.demon.co.uk (Scott Mordecai)
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Date: 1997/09/08
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