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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...
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- 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 !
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- 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...).
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- 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...).
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- 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 !
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- 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 !
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- 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
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- CompuServe: 100414,1524
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- ! ! ! ! I WISH, TO ALL OF YOU, THE BEST COMMUNICATIONS ! ! ! !