[A83] Re: debuggers / simulated com ports
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[A83] Re: debuggers / simulated com ports
Yeah, I'm currently already using COM1-COM6 (all physical serial ports)...so
I would need a COM7
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[mailto:assembly-83-bounce@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of David Phillips
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:19 PM
To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A83] Re: debuggers / simulated com ports
Why COM5? The actual port number doesn't matter. The whole COM port thing
is a silly legacy from the DOS days, when there wasn't a real character
device layer (although there still isn't in NT, but that's a different
issue). Most programs only support 1-4, since those are the most commonly
used. You only need the higher numbered ports if you have more than four
devices. It's best to stick with the standard port numbers, to have the
best chance of working with existing software. Though, if you really need
to use COM5, it should be trivial to modify VTI to support it.
> If I make a program in C++ or Java that does I/O to COM5, where COM5 is
> the simulated calculator grey graph link, will that work? Would VTI
> support such a thing?
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