X-GM-THRID: 1209133987324838684 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf X-Gmail-Received: 0155928f84e52bbda6259c8ff04235ea20929f2f Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.243.13 with SMTP id q13cs109907qbh; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:33:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.254.1 with SMTP id b1mr1787676nfi; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:33:21 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id g1si347342nfe.2006.07.17.02.33.20; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:33:21 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (gmail.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1G2PPL-0007ZU-As for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:28:55 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1G2PPK-0007ZL-Tu for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:28:54 +0100 Received: from smtp802.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.12.139]) by relay2.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.51) id 1G2PPG-0003Nz-N0 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:28:54 +0100 Received: (qmail 94490 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2006 09:27:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lark) (alan.melia@btinternet.com@213.122.98.35 with login) by smtp802.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Jul 2006 09:27:44 -0000 Message-ID: <001b01c6a983$48d275c0$0300a8c0@lark> From: "Alan Melia" To: References: <3b2.66e9e53.31ec98e8@aol.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:27:51 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Spam-Score: -0.8 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,AWL=-0.810 Subject: Re: LF: Re: Re: Re: DFCW on TS450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6543 Hi Nigel, the problem is that even the bought versions of VB (I have 6), and all the expensive thick books, do not have serial comms capability as provided (I think it is only in the developer version) and it is very difficult to find out how to do it, though I believe there is a file on the CD, there are no instructions for using it. Cheers de Alan G3NYK ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: 17 July 2006 08:40 Subject: Re: LF: Re: Re: Re: DFCW on TS450 > > In a message dated 17/07/2006 08:01:38 GMT Daylight Time, > captbrian@ukonline.co.uk writes: > > Where can I get BASIC to run under windows please?. I have recourse to a 20 > yr. old Amstrad PCW to solve problems, and it will blow up any day soon. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > I've not tried it so don't know if it's any good for comms but Microsoft > Visual Basic 2005 Express edition is free, > It's been given away with various magazines but can also be downloaded.... > _http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/_ > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/) > > regards > > Nigel > G8PZR >