Msg: 2534 *Conference*
05-08-92 21:20:45
From: LEX JENKINS
To : HANK JACOBY
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #2527 (LAPDOS2)
Hi, Hank, I eavespeeked your message and thought I'd toss in my 2 pesos. (1) When using LapDOS, be sure you don't plug your serial cable from either the TPDD or the laptop into one of those sneaky parallel ports disguised as serial ports on your PC! Unfortunately, IBM began a trend of further misusing the alrady much-abused RS232 ports, which were intended for serial communication, by using them as parallel printer ports, etc. I've heard you can burn out or damage a device by connecting a serial port to a parallel port, but never having tried it I can't say. Best to check the manual and avoid. (2) By all means, get library access. It's well worth it, even going in "blind." By the way, your LapDOS disk contains a few programs from the library. Check 'em out. <Lex>