Subj : Re: Tradewars 2
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Nov 23 2021 16:05:43

  Re: Re: Tradewars 2
  By: Daryl Stout to Digital Man on Tue Nov 23 2021 05:28 pm

 > Rob,
 >
 >  >   I want to say Wide Beta 7. When I went to option O in TEDIT, it didn't
 >  > show anything with fossil driver support.
 >
 >  DM> What does your tw2.doc file say (for that version) about FOSSIL
 >  DM> support? --
 >
 >   I looked, and there was NOTHING in the documentation about fossil support.

Weird. The tw2.doc files I have here (and I have 2 of them), both detail their fossil support, e.g.

VERSION 2


                     SysOp Reference for Release 11.20

o  Support for FOSSIL communication drivers.

F[OSSIL]    -  This will force the program to use FOSSIL driver for input
               and output. This command is superfluous because TW2 will
               automatically search for a FOSSIL driver and use it if it
               is found. Using /F will cause TW2 to skip the search, and
               simply try to use the FOSSIL. If the program fails to find
               the FOSSIL driver, it will switch to its own com port
               routines.

               What is a FOSSIL driver?  A FOSSIL driver is a device driver
               loaded into your computers memory when it boots up. Usually
               in your CONFIG.SYS file. It is a standardized way for
               programs to interface to your communications port.

Same for release 11.14 from 1992. Maybe you should update your copy of tw2?
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