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From: dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Problems with serial device in shared mode
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Date: 26 Oct 89 23:10:46 GMT
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	Ok.  Well, at least terminal and other programs should have an
    *option* to open the serial.device SERF_SHARED.


:I am indeed using the 1.3 serial.device, and I've also tried the new
:1.3.2 serial.device.  Both of my programs open the serial device in
:shared mode and when I open it for the second time the first program
:is in a suspended state and has no active requests.
:
:Here's some background info.  The main program using the serial port
:is a souped up aux handler.  When I want to do a file transfer, I

	All I can think of is that, somehow, you are closing one
    instance of the device before openning the second, causing DTR
    to drop momentarily.  Or maybe my modem isn't as sensitive.. I'd
    have to get a scope on the DTR line to be sure and I don't have
    a scope.

			-Matt