Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28656 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2001 12:27:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 21 Dec 2001 12:27:40 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 18116 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2001 12:27:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 21 Dec 2001 12:27:38 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16HOkM-0004Z3-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:25:54 +0000 Received: from e23.nc.us.ibm.com ([32.97.136.229] helo=outside) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16HOkK-0004Yx-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:25:53 +0000 Received: from southrelay01.raleigh.ibm.com (southrelay01.raleigh.ibm.com [9.37.3.208]) by outside (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA94948 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 06:20:49 -0600 Received: from usa.net (ss4.bld.socks.ibm.com [9.14.4.69]) by southrelay01.raleigh.ibm.com (8.11.1m3/NCO v5.01) with ESMTP id fBLCLYR279590 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 07:21:34 -0500 Message-ID: <3C23294B.7ED6B0A3@usa.net> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:21:31 +0100 From: "Alberto di Bene" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: Re: long haul QSO's References: <003301c186e8$dabdefe0$9fa1883e@g3aqc><5.1.0.14.0.20011217162715.00abb350@gemini.herts.ac.uk> <3.0.1.16.20011218145846.2b378612@pb623250.kuleuven.be> <007001c18807$c3f5d0a0$fb9a17d2@steve> <3C2083F3.E716ECC@usa.net> <01c301c1898b$23bc7fa0$f39a17d2@steve> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Steve Olney wrote: > Alberto, > > Don't we still have the problem with Win95/98 very helpfully changing the > port output not-so-periodically if you have a printer driver assigned to the > port. I think, from memory, you need a VXD so that your program > "captures" the port. There was some program/component called something > like "TVich32" kicking around a while ago for this. > [...] Steve, yes, to properly drive a peripheral from inside your code with the true 32-bit Windows (NT, 2000, XP) you need a VxD, but, as I said in a previous message, there are around freeware or shareware DLLs that save you the time and the headache of writing your own VxD (the admission task for the hell...). You cand find them for the most popular programming environment, Delphi, C++Builder, etc. 73 Alberto I2PHD