From: "David Christensen" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.lang.perl.misc References: <37b4a540 AT news5 DOT newsfeeds DOT com> Subject: Re: djgpp, Win98, Perl, and serial port Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:18:22 -0700 Lines: 90 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.3.225.109 Message-ID: <37bb1289@news5.newsfeeds.com> X-Trace: 18 Aug 1999 15:07:37 -0500, 209.3.225.109 X-Report: Report abuse to abuse AT newsfeeds DOT com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers, INCLUDING the body X-Abuse-Info2: ALL Spam complaints are acted upon within 24 hours! Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 72,000+ UNCENSORED Newsgroups. Instant access!! To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com -----Original Message----- From: Bbirthisel AT aol DOT com To: 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. > 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 -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----