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From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:44 In article <88717$455dddd0$4fe7798$2705(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> In article <455C9BC9.30B08330(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> <snip> >> >>>>I don't have a com port. >>> >>>On a 486 ? You normally have 2. What does your modem connect to ? >>> >>>That would be astonishingly unusual ! Where does the mouse go ? >> >> >> Serial ports. > >It seems to have begun with some terminals which labelled >their RS232 ports with the logo "com". Oh, I see. I never considered series nor parallel ports as "comm ports". /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:45 In article <455E7778.528025DD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >unsettled wrote: > >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> > >> >>>I don't have a com port. >> >> >> >>On a 486 ? You normally have 2. What does your modem connect to ? >> >> >> >>That would be astonishingly unusual ! Where does the mouse go ? >> > >> > >> > Serial ports. >> >> It seems to have begun with some terminals which labelled >> their RS232 ports with the logo "com". > >COM is what they're called in DOS ! > >As in COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4. > >The parallel ports are LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 also see PRN. Those are just logical device names. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:46 In article <455DEAA6.FAB19272(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >> I don't have a com port. >> > >> >On a 486 ? You normally have 2. What does your modem connect to ? >> > >> >That would be astonishingly unusual ! Where does the mouse go ? >> >> Serial ports. > >That's a 'com' ( communications ) port ! Not really. I had not known that the PC crowd called them com ports. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:47 In article <455DEB24.BF21DB1D(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> >>>> I don't want an internal modem. I want one with lights that flash >> >>>> for every I/O. >> >>> >> >>>They don't help that much you know. >> >> >> >> What? Lights? Yes they help a lot. >> > >> >You're fooling yourself. Viruses can still get through, >> >> I can see when one is coming in. > >No you can't. A virus infected file is indistinguishable from one that isn't >infected to a modem. It's just a file. But I don't download files, period. I hit the off switch whenver there is unasked-for activity. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Nov 2006 08:56
In article <455DDA8D.CCB840F5(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> Jonathan Kirwan <jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >Our society is better than that, I think. >> >> >> >> My folks didn't ask those questions. When we were sick we >> >> went to the doctor. The Doc would take payment in chickens >> >> or produce or something. >> > >> >I don't think they take chickens anymore ! >> >> That's because doctoring is no longer a small business. > >I don't think anyone takes payment in chickens these days. Not just doctors. Mom used eggs. She didn't kill the chickens who laid them. /BAH |