Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!rex!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!tukki.jyu.fi!jyu.fi!otto From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Attention! Wincomm demo available Message-ID: Date: 17 Oct 90 12:31:50 GMT References: <1990Oct11.171629.10981@sj.ate.slb.com> <26609@sequoia.execu.com> Sender: news@tukki.jyu.fi (News articles) Organization: Turing Police, Criminal AI section Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: griffin@sequoia.execu.com's message of 17 Oct 90 05:13:35 GMT In article <26609@sequoia.execu.com> griffin@sequoia.execu.com (Terry Griffin) writes: [ lotsa stuff about WinComm failing because it tries to snoop the modem return status, and can't be configured for all modems.] I Hate programs that are too "smart" for their own good. What's so horrible about letting the user see the good old 'CONNECT' something status, so that you have to prevent it from getting to the screen (and fail trying...) ? -- /* * * Otto J. Makela * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (CCITT, Bell 24/12/300) */ /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE */ /* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */