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Some informations on this product origin
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Having had to initially develop a simple Minitel emulator (working in
text mode !) a few years ago (in 1987), I was facing the problem of
using the serial communication ports under MS-DOS: no serious function
provided to this purpose neither by the DOS nor the BIOS !...
From then on, 2 solutions:
- Buying a software package containing all the needed PASCAL
procedures (chosen language for the "EMULATOR" project). This
practically imposed one of the 2 library BLAISE ASYNCH MANAGER or
GREENLEAF COMMLIB in these lates 80's...,
- Developping myself a specific interface in order to access to the
serial ports in an efficient way.
Finally, I had to choose the second solution for the following reasons:
- I wanted to make deeper my knowledges on the PC structure, on the
assembler, and on the operating system level programming (and even
more, on the BIOS level programming !),
- Limitation of the budget allocated to the project whose commercial
objective was indeed uncertain...
I thus developed a first serial driver to the very limited functions
because its main goal was essentially to permit an easy access to the
Minitel via one of the PC serial ports.
I then realized that the serial communications became of a true
interest to me ! I have therefore resumed the development of this small
first driver from 1991 - when I had the time again to work on my computer
- to finally finish this very last version of SERIAL PORTS MANAGER !
Using agreements for SERIAL PORTS MANAGER
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Of course, there now exists professionals libraries in this precise
area on PC. I don't pretend to be a great rival with some of these
prestigious products, but I would be delight to know my Pack used by
some lovers of the PC world.
Saling argument = My "price": it is the one of the ShareWare !
If you decide to exploit SERIAL PORTS MANAGER,I would be obliged to you:
1° / to tell me about the bugs that you could here-by detect,
as well as about remarks that SERIAL PORTS MANAGER can inspire you
(please, only constructive critics !).
2° / to insure me your approval by a sum of 50 U.S. dollars
(You can use the file REGISTER.DOC...).
In return, it will be possible for you to use STARCOMM.EXE with the
interfaces of my Pack to DEVELOP your functions or your communication
programs, and to distribute the executable part of the driver becoming,
by the fact, indissociable from your program; this without having
to pay me any more !
Exception: In the case of software made in the professional framework
of a society, I reserve myself the right to reasonably evaluate (and in
agreement with a representant from the aforementioned enterprise) terms
of exploitation agreement to fix between them and me (this for the case
of products DEVELOPED to be distributed by the usual commercial ways,
of course...).
The author insurances
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Note however the following limitations in the promises that I can
make to you:
1°/ I have no means to promise you the dispatch of a printed
documentation if you decide to pay me. (It would only concist of a
printing of the *.DOC files provided with the standard Pack anyway !).
2°/ As the programming is no longer my profession, the DEVELOPMENT
of SERIAL PORTS MANAGER - although always very attractive to me ! -has to
live in second priority (that is AFTER my normal work !...). I can not,
therefore, "promise you the moon" by insuring you rapid news apparitions
of more effective versions and clearly enriched, as it is custom in
areas of the industrial productions !
On the other hand, be sure that I would have pleasure to rapidly put
in the shareware any new version of this product, that it simply
concerns a un-bugged version (following your comments and/or informations
on any encountered bug(s) !), or perhaps of a really enhanced version !
To join me
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HETRU Fabrice
13, chemin de la croix St Vincent
94430 CHENNEVIERES Sur MARNE
FRANCE
Tel: 45.93.27.38
CompuServe: 100414,1524
! ! ! ! I WISH, TO ALL OF YOU, THE BEST COMMUNICATIONS ! ! ! !