Me, too (trying to remember)

Post #46,885 by wharris2 7/25/02 5:56:50 PM Reply	Me, too (trying to remember) Wasn't it the "biggie" of the commercial programs? Not shareware Procomm, don't think it was named anything like minicom or bitcom, but there was one that was THE communications program of choice for anyone who bought a comm program. (This is, of course, pre-Windows Procomm. Windows Procomm, while it had its flaws, grabbed the Windows 3.x market pretty quickly.)
Post #46,913 by inthane-chan 7/25/02 8:37:51 PM Reply	No idea... To be honest, at the time one might say I was "ethically challenged" - a friend of mine gave me the comm app. There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #46,971 by wharris2 7/26/02 3:08:52 AM Reply	I Remember (I think) Crosstalk! Biggie for DOS people converting over from CP/M and/or people buying comm programs. Did they ever come out with a Windows version? If they did, Procomm had already nabbed the market. Crosstalk pretty much vanished from the scene after a workable Windows (aka 3.1) was released. The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
Post #46,976 by CRConrad 7/26/02 3:52:20 AM Reply	OT re your JerryP quote: Would those be Intel lawyers? :-)
Post #46,981 by wharris2 7/26/02 4:17:10 AM Reply	Re: OT re your JerryP quote: Would those be Intel lawyers? I think that's lawyers in general: they'd rather suck blood than preserve the human race. See [link\|http://www.overlawyered.com\|www.overlawyered.com] for lots and lots of examples. Hammerfall is, of course, his novel (I think co-written with Larry Niven) about an asteroid doing a big smack-down on Earth. The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
Post #47,018 by CRConrad 7/26/02 9:29:31 AM Reply	Duh - think I didn't know that? (T'was a pun; AMD "Hammer")
Post #47,038 by inthane-chan 7/26/02 11:05:18 AM Reply	Novel name was "Lucifer's Hammer" The event itself was called Hammerfall, though... There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #47,097 by orion 7/26/02 7:15:45 PM Reply	I agree working for lawyers isn't so good either. Sort of like working for The Devil, eventually you know you are going to get screwed sometime. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*

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