From:	"David Christensen" <dchristensen AT california DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: djgpp, Win98, Perl, and serial port
Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:18:22 -0700
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From: Bbirthisel AT aol DOT com <Bbirthisel AT aol DOT com>
To: dchristensen AT california DOT com <dchristensen AT california DOT com>
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: djgpp, Win98, Perl, and serial port

Hi David:

> I have been posting all our e-mail conversations on
comp.os.msdos.djgpp and comp.lang.perl.misc.  I hope that's OK with
you...

Ok with me. But this one, which includes data and email address for
the gentleman in Japan, may not be appropriate. I would edit those
out if you re-post. <removed -- David>


> This thread is getting pretty heavy into DJGPP only, so I'm going
to stop cross-posting to comp.lang.perl.misc starting with this
message.

Mostly off topic there, although it was on when it started.


> Eli Zaretskii is one of the authors of "GNU Software for
MS-Windows and MS-DOS and Compatible Systems"
(http://www.fsf.org/order/windows.html).  He hangs around on
comp.os.msdos.djgpp, and is a good sport about us all pestering him
;-).  I highly recommend his book/ CD to anyone who develops on MS
boxes.

He might be one to ask about porting the Win32::API module. He
would at least have a clue as to who we should REALLY ask.


>> There are at least three sets of "serial libraries" for DJGPP...

> - if you need a serial communications package, check out the
SVAsync library.

Used that one.


> - another package for serial communications, called BCSERIO, was
written by Bill Currie. BCSERIO is available from Bill's home page.

Experimented with it. I don't recall building a complete
application.


> - if you need serial communications from programs that use the
Allegro library, try DZComm, which is available from the
v2tk/allegro directory on the usual DJGPP sites.

New to me.


> I just went to my local CPAN mirror to see what ports were
available and both
ftp://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ports/win32/ActiveState/ and
ftp://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ports/win32/Standard/ were
empty!  I'm confused %-(

Hmm... they were both ok on my CPAN mirror this morning.


> Have you heard of Cygnus (http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/)?

Yes. I use their tools all the time and the compiler periodically.


> As I understand it, they wrote a DLL that provides a Un*x
(Posix?)

Un*x. I don't have the most recent compiler, but the older ones had
some difficulties linking with Win32 libraries - so the choice was
"all-or-nothing" rather than a blend of options. I've heard they
have made progress in this area.


> >The other alternative is an XS implementation...
> What's XS?

The glue language for writing Perl<->C extensions. If you have to
ask, it's not an available option ;-)

-bill





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