ml> why would anyone recommend an abandonware package over something?   
   ml> IREX has own sets of problems... problems that simply do not exist    
   ml> with FD...   
      
    TJM> I don't run OS/2 any longer so I have to stick to something that   
    TJM> works.   
      
   OS/2 still works ;)  especially on older equipment... my main server was a   
   300mhz celeronA which i was able to upgrade to a 400mhz chip on that   
   motherboard... it is still operational and handling everything that comes my   
   way... in fact, it feeds stuff back to my three linux boxen for servicing at   
   times ;)   
      
    TJM> IREX  works fine and probably will so for the near future.   
      
   no, not really... try using domain names in IREX and you'll find that it fails   
   quite miserably... instead you have to use IP numbers because the kernel stuff   
   changed such that DNS lookups fail and IPs are required...   
      
    TJM> Basically, BinkP is  where it is at.  If FD would have a BinkP   
    TJM> tosser(sender) it would be great.   
      
   i run a bybrid FD/binkd setup... have done so for years... what i run could   
   likely be streamlined more than i am currently doing, though... it works but   
   requires some scripting majik and a glue tool or two...   
      
    TJM> And if I could load FD without a COMPORT that would be a big plus    
    TJM> as well.   
      
   IIRC there is a method of doing this but i'd have to go digging to see if i   
   still have the posts detailing how... but this also bring up the question of   
   why do you need/want to run it without a comport? surely there is at least one   
   on your system you can allow it to access even though it may not actually use   
   it for connections...   
      
    TJM> But, I don't see any   
    TJM> of those things happening soon, if ever.  I love FD, and  still   
    TJM> have it here.  But I have no way of using it now since I have   
    TJM> nothing  installed to emulate a COMPORT.   
      
   hummm...   
      
    TJM> With Winblows there's not much of a choice.   
      
   exactly why i will not run windows for my mission critical processes...   
      
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