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NPCOMM v1.50
Release Notice
Copyright (C) 1997,1998 Hiroyoshi Kurohara
1998, May
Thank you for downloading this English release of NPCOMM v1.50.
Since very important information is contained in this document, please read
the entire of this document before using this software.
Overview of this software
NPCOMM(Network Pseudo Communication port) is a software which offers the
function to share COM ports on the LAN and the function to connect to telnetd
through COM port.
You can use this software for sharing modem(s) on your LAN or connecting BBS
via Internet with a terminal software which has no TELNET ability.
Environment and requirement
NPCOMM v1.50 can works on Windows95, WindowsNT4.0, WindowsNT3.51.
PortServ.exe, which makes a machine a PortSharing server, can work on
Windows95, WindowsNT3.51, NT4.0.
NPCOMM and PortServ are using TCP/IP as their transport protocol, so you have
to set up TCP/IP as network protocol on your LAN.
Files in this package
Following files are contained in this release of NPCOMM.
NPCOMM.exe main application of this software.
Win95tcp.dll DLL file for NPCOMM (Windows95)
Winnttcp.dll DLL file for NPCOMM (WindowsNT)
PCOMM32_.vxd port driver for NPCOMM (Windows95)
pserial.sys serial driver for NPCOMM (WindowsNT)
Instnp.exe serial driver installer for NPCOMM(WindowsNT)
PortServ.exe PortSharing server program
PSS.exe PortSharing server program as NT service
instps.exe Service installer program for PortSharing server programs
Resetps.exe reset tool for PortServ
Readme-e.txt this file
NPCOMM-e.hlp HELP file for NPCOMM
NPCOMM-e.cnt HELP contents file
License.txt License Agreement
Register.txt document file describing registration instruction
Register.exe small program for registration
Register.hlp help file for Register.exe
Readme-j.txt Japanese version of readme file
NPCOMM-j.hlp Japanese HELP file for NPCOMM
NPCOMM-j.cnt HELP contents file for Japanese HELP.
Installing NPCOMM
This release of NPCOMM has no installer program.
At fist, please unpack all files from archive to appropriate directory.
[Windows95]
Simply start up NPCOMM.exe.
Working directory of NPCOMM.exe must be the same as that of pcomm32_.vxd
and Win95tcp.dll.
[WindowsNT]
First, you have to register pserial.sys to your system by using Instnp.exe.
And then, you can start up NPCOMM.exe.
About PortServ, you can use PortServ.exe or PSS.exe.
If you want to start up PortServ as SERVICE, you have to register PortServ
to your system by using Instps.exe.
About detailed instruction of installing, please refer to NPCOMM.hlp
Uninstalling NPCOMM
NPCOMM software doesn't require to copy any files to another directory.
So uninstalling is simple.
If you have registered PortServ or pserial.sys to your system,
please de-register it first.
Then remove all files you extracted from archive.
About detailed instruction of uninstalling, please refer to NPCOMM.hlp.
Other information
* You can get more information about this software from URL below.
If you have problems, please check the following URL first because you may
find a fixed version of this software or useful information.
http://www.yk.rim.or.jp/~kurohara/npcomm.html
* E-mail address of the author is kurohara@yk.rim.or.jp. You can contact the
author by this address when you have questions, problems, or
suggestions.
Revision history
ver1.50
* Changed user interfaces.
* DDE controlleability has added.
* PortServ(especially PSS.exe) had been crashing very often on
English version of WindowsNT.
I fixed this problem.
* TELNET function now can connect to other TCP/IP service.
* Supported AOL3.0i(Window95 version only).
* Using HyperTerm on WindowsNT with NPCOMM makes HyperTerm to
"Hi priority polling" state.
This problem has been fixed.
* Better support for Dialup network on WindowsNT4.0.
* And other fixes are applied.
ver1.12-e
* After IE4 problem fixed, I informed that ver1.10 gone to worse about
connectivity than ver1.05.
I checked and fixed that.
ver1.10
* I informed that NPCOMM can't work for connection to ISP if
Internet Explorer 4 is installed.
I fixed this by changing first part of protocol to PortServ.
ver 1.05(Not release officially)
* MicrosoftFax support(Windows95)
* WindowsNT version of NPCOMM is added.
* "Autodial problem" is fixed
* Pinger! function is added.
* Wrong host name no longer makes long time hang up.
* And miscellaneous bug fixes.
ver1.04-e (Aug/8/1997)
* Win16 support.
* WindowsNT SERVICE version of PortServ(PSS.exe) is added.
* The function automatically connect to ISP is added to TELNET
conversion function.
* The bug of "baud rate sometimes misset" has fixed.
ver1.03-e (July/12/1997)
* Initial release of English versions.
[End of document]