Re: Serial communication

[John]

On Sunday, August 26, 2001, at 01:00 AM, Troy Rollins wrote:


I noticed from the documentation that serial ports seem to be
supported for Windows and Mac applications but not Linux - is this
true? Will they be supported under OS X?

I'm not positive, but it was my understanding that serial ports were not
supported by OS X at all - never mind any app running under it. Is this not
the case?

I know (or at least think I know) that driving serial ports is possible under OS X. I also know of programs that drive serial ports in Linux. Apparently Revolution does not support this. All current Macs also are devoid of serial ports out of the box and as a result, when added (using a USB to serial adapter), will not appear as the Modem port, since it is taken internally, and may not appear as the printer port. Given all of this, it then appears that Revolution only truly supports serial ports under Windows. Does anybody know of any work arounds for this? I really like where Revolution is headed but also really need serial port support. Does anyone know if the shortfalls mentioned are on the "to be fixed list".

Thanks,
John Miskimins