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Re: GBBS Question
- Subject: Re: GBBS Question
- From: CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)
- Date: 1999/12/15
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Shaw@Home
- References: <iaS44.141$NI6.6287@laxnws02.socal.rr.com> <833eqo$e6i$1@holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <38568916.5004399@news> <8365uq$mmv$1@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
- Reply-to: CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)
On 14 Dec 1999 19:31:38 GMT, !smentzer@pacbell.net (Steve Mentzer)
wrote:
>I believe GBBS used special "high performance" hardware drivers for each type
>of serial port. I could be wrong, but I distinctly remember something of the
>sort..
Quite possible. I've never played with GBBS but many Apple II
communications programs accessed the hardware directly to get better
performance. That is why the IIgs serial ports are usually listed as
separate drivers in programs like ProTERM.
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