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From: jmfbahciv on 19 Nov 2006 08:10 In article <455F631B.49B507AF(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >> >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". > >A parallel port isn't a COM port though. Just the serial ones. Unless you get a modem that can deal with parallel ports. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 19 Nov 2006 08:11 In article <455F6352.62F92945(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: >> >> 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. > >Microsoft has from very early on. Microsoft also thinks Windows is a monitor^WOS. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 19 Nov 2006 08:13 In article <455F6387.EABCDB3B(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: >> >> <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. > >Which you wouldn't even have to do if you used something up to date ! Exactly. Then I would vulnerable to any viral, worm or mess attack that has a new quirk to it. Why should I open it wide just to get infected? /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 19 Nov 2006 08:18 In article <455F6418.128EDEFE(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: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> 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. > >How many eggs would it take for a visit to the doctor ? > I don't know. It depended on what the nurse (also the doctor's wife) was going to cook that week. One of my siblings' birth was paid for with a furnace installment. When Dad was still on the farm, Doc would get a butchered pig or cow for extra treatments. Mom was paying cukes for her hair permanents. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 19 Nov 2006 08:30
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >> > >> >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". > > > >A parallel port isn't a COM port though. Just the serial ones. > > Unless you get a modem that can deal with parallel ports. There are no parallel port modems. Graham |