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Article #7Re: Win95 crashes when use com port in dos box
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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:00
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In article <873740324snz@musicman.demon.co.uk> scott@musicman.demon.co.uk (Scott Mordecai) wrote: > >> 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 >> 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... :-( -- \|||/ Scott Mordecai < o,o > Internet: scott@musicman.demon.co.uk \_/ SKYDIVE SIBSON!! http://www.skynet.co.uk/~icarus
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,b4d463ed3aefa277 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: 107967,b4d463ed3aefa277 X-Google-Attributes: gid107967,public From: ltest@rte9-sun_5.5.1 (news_check.py) Subject: Re: Win95 crashes when use com port in dos box Date: 1997/09/10 Message-ID: <5v6ac5$laa@lztnsc06.att.com> X-Deja-AN: 271373466 References: <873550395snz@musicman.demon.co.uk> <873590958snz@noel*sys.demon.co.uk> Organization: AT&T WorldNet Load Test Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win95.msdosapps,demon.tech.pc