Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:17:58 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: serial problem
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 10:10:11 +0200 (IST), Eli Zaretskii
> <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:
> >
> >> >I have a rather weird problem with djgpp v2. I have two computers linked
> >> >together(Both on COM1), using a serial link. And I am using bioscom()
> >> 
> >> That's your problem: bioscom() is sucks.
> >
> >Are you telling there are bugs in bioscom's implementation?
> 
> There are bugs in the design of BIOS's own interface to the UART.

For a simple program that doesn't need high baudrates, it's quite
appropriate, in my experience, what with today's fast CPUs.