From: Greg Thomas <thomasgd AT omc DOT bt DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Async COM managing
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:59:33 +0000
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On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 15:18:09 +0100, "Peter Remmers"
<Peter DOT Remmers AT t-online DOT de> wrote in article
<9250eb$a84$00$1 AT news DOT t-online DOT com>:

>This must be a mistake, since it is not possible.

["it" being the releasing of a COM port after use from a DOS box].

At the risk of prolonging the debate, I wonder if it would be possible
to write a library that would allow you to call the Windows functions
to access the COM ports (cf libsocket for accessing the Windows
Winsock functions at
http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/lsck/lsck.htm) thus
enabling a DOS box to use the Windows functions in a similar manner as
Windows programs.

Greg
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