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From: Timothy Wilson <wilsont AT rahul DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Serial Port Interupt programming, ideas/help/info wanted...
Date: 29 Jun 1995 18:32:08 GMT
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In <DAw9Eq DOT BuA AT jade DOT mv DOT net> mat AT ardi DOT com (Mat Hostetter) writes:

>>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:

>    >> I wrote a program that creates two queues for the input and
>    >> output on a serial port. This is handled in an interrupt.
>    Eli> The DJGPP FAQ list (available as faq102.zip from the same
>    Eli> place you get DJGPP) includes pointers to some
>    Eli> interrupt-driven code which works with DJGPP and which you
>    Eli> could use as a start.  One of them is the serial.c file from
>    Eli> the LadyBug debugger.  The FAQ also discusses the various
>    Eli> problems with interrupt handling in Chapter 18.

>Speaking of which, is anyone working on a nice serial port package for
>djgpp V2?  It would be nice (for example) if someone could extract the
>ladybug serial code into a generic file descriptor/ioctl package for
>V2, with all memory that can be touched at interrupt time locked down
>with DPMI services, etc.


It looks like I am. :)

I got help from lots of you guys n' gals, and I'll create a "serial.c"
that should hopefully work, cuz I need it to work.

I'll post it when done.

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Timothy Wilson --- wilsont AT rahul DOT net --- Sillicon Valley 
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