Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] and everyone else watching this thread...
On 24-Sep-99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
r> I looked for a way to interface to a serial (com) port on the Intel version
r> of Rebol, but no such mechanism seems present; I was able to accomplish
r> this in a round-about manner by using a TCP/IP-to-serial translation
r> server. This works, but is somewhat convoluted!
At first thought, you might want to see if you can try writing to the
com port just like a file. f.ex write/binary %/com1/a <data>
I don't know if that would work on Winblows or Unix machines, but it
does on my Amiga. (But then the Amiga treats all devices (both
physical and logical) like drives.)
I would be interested in seeing if it works. (I tested it with these
two lines:
write %/par00/a "This is a test"
write %/prt/a "This is a test"
Where 'par00' is one of my parallel ports (IOBlix board to those
Amigans who never heard of 'par00'...) And 'prt' is the printer
driver. I got two pages from my printer, both with 'This is a test'
on the top of the pages.
Because the target device in question for the application is a serial
port, I suggested the write/binary because most of what you would want
to send to a process control would be binary strings. (I think, but I
might be wrong there...) ;-)
I would be interested in hearing how well this works on other
platforms. <GRATUITOUS PLUG> (If not at all, then I know there are
some new A1200s for sale, sourced through Germany...) </GRATUITOUS
PLUG> ;-P
Pax
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