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- From: mjr@ursa.calvin.edu (Matt Ranney)
- Subject: BC++ & Serial IO - is there an easy way?
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- Organization: Calvin College
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:04:27 GMT
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- I'm using BC++ 3.1, and I'm trying to write a program that does some
- simple serial IO at 9600 baud on COM1. I typed in the bioscom example
- from the book, but that doesn't work. Every time it goes to send a
- character, the machine hangs for like 2 seconds, and it never thinks
- there is any data waiting to be read. It does this on every machine
- I've tried it on, although they are all the same kind of machine:
- 386sx's. Has anybody else had this problem?
-
- Also, is this the only way to talk to the serial port? It seems
- rather foolish that C++ with its derived iostream classes would still
- require you to use these BIOS calls.
- --
- Matt Ranney - mjr@calvin.edu
- "You know, I don't think theres a man, woman, or child alive today
- who doesn't enjoy a lovely beverage." -DL
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