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Mitch:
Thanks for your response.
I've gotten pretty close to the stage you've mentioned, can you
ask your friend to be a little more specific about the splice?
Do you also recall exactly what hardware (ie. Signal Box) &
software was being used and whether or not there was any other
kind of special procedures or tweaks that were required?
TIA
TP
mitch ryder wrote:
>
> I saw a friend of mine do it once. He has 2 identical signal quote pages
> in each computer ane one of those spletter things. It worked while I was
> there. Someone else told me that what occurs is the signal people send out
> a special signal to mess things up so that people pay for more than one box.
> But couldn't the signal feed go into an old computer and then out the
> two serial ports with no problem, if you write special software to handle it
> and distribute it?
>
> Happy Splitting
>
> Mitch
>
> owner-realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Usually two programs can't share the same comport, I've been trying to do
> the
>
> > same with DTN. And if you split the signal off the box so it feeds two
> comports,
>
> > the box will shut down. If anyone has a networking solution please let us
> know.
>
> >
>
> > ____________________Reply Separator____________________
>
> > Subject: Splitting a Signal Box Data Stream
>
> > Author: owner-realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Date: 8/6/98 12:41 PM
>
> >
>
> > Hey Realtrading Gents:
>
> >
>
> > I've been having fun trying to split a DBC Signal Box's output to
>
> > two Workstations.
>
> >
>
> > I'd like some input from anyone who's tried and succeeded same.
>
> >
>
> > I want to send one data-stream to TS 4.0, and then to a venerable
>
> > DOS version of Signal that works better than Windows versions of
>
> > 3.0 or 4.0.
>
> >
>
> > Question: can this be done on one work station, can one get the
>
> > two apps to "share" the com port, or do I need to "split" the
>
> > signal and send to two PCs.
>
> >
>
> > Feedback please!
>
> >
>
> > TIA
>
> Mitch Ryder
> Ynos@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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