[comp.lang.pascal] FOSSIL driver for TP

bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Bostater) (10/18/90)

Has anybody written a TP interface to a FOSSIL driver?  I've written one that
works using the intr(); procedure, but the FOSSIL driver that I have 
(X00V123H.ZIP)  warns that multitasking software (i.e. DeskView) will trap
a INT 14  request.  The author supplies an alternate method to using the
intr() procedure which consists of only object code (no source :-() that can 
be linked in and used instead.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work.  I
can't initialize the driver using the the new procedure TPX00().  Everything's
fine using intr(), nothing works using TPX00(). 

I can live slower performance under DeskView (since I don't use it :-), but
I'd like the code to be as robust as possible.  Has anybody done anything 
similar?

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jacobs@freezer.it.udel.edu (Mike Jacobs) (10/20/90)

In article <15387@hydra.gatech.EDU> bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Bostater) writes:
=>Has anybody written a TP interface to a FOSSIL driver?  I've written one that
=>works using the intr(); procedure, 

watch your terminology.  a fossil driver is X.00 or OPUSCOM1 itself, while what
you are looking for is a fossil interface.

=>but the FOSSIL driver that I have 
=>(X00V123H.ZIP)  warns that multitasking software (i.e. DeskView) will trap
=>a INT 14  request. 

I use X.00, DesqView v2.2, and have written a BBS program that interfaces
with a fossil driver.  I have no problems whatsoever.  If you wish, I'll
e-mail my FOSSIL unit to you. 

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