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|    Message 428 of 2,762    |
|    mark lewis to Rudi Timmermans    |
|    BBBS and DOS Doors    |
|    15 Mar 13 11:44:15    |
      >Try running BBBS.EXE in com port mode using the com ports the        >NetFossil sets up instead of BBBSD.EXE to handle the incoming        >telnet connections.               RT> I have also try this but this is not working becoss BBBS dont         RT> release it's comport to NetFoss, i'm a beta tester for Mike of         RT> NetFoss we have done all test we can on this but the problem is         RT> with BBBS how it handle his comports, even when you install         RT> NetSerial it dont work for DOS doors..                      sounds like BBBS opens the port handle in DENY ALL mode... this is like when       opening files... you can open them in READ, WRITE or READ/WRITE with or       without DENY... without DENY allows other software to access the same file at       the same time... it should be a simple attribute set in the code that opens       the port to fix it... but that's an eWAG (educated wild arsed guess) ;)              )\/(ark              ---         * Origin: (1:3634/12.42)    |
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