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#Need XPR Prot. from CLI

    04-Feb-91 19:56:02
Sb: #13770-#Need XPR Prot. from CLI
Fm: Christopher Laprise 70431,2172
To: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
"non-terminal program that uses the XPR libraries is not possible." Incorrect! All one should have to do is open the serial port in shared mode and carry-on by calling the XPR libraries and moving data through them. One does not need a 'terminal' ready for user-interactivity. "Taking over" the serial port isn't an issue when the BBS opens the port in shared-mode and the CLI program is not run as an independant task. As for the 'proper' way to implement XPR, I don't think it matters.