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From: bryce@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bryce Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: DMCS, MIDI, and the 1.3.2 serial.device = GURU
Keywords: guru, serial.device, dmcs
Message-ID: <13530@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 30 Jul 90 22:15:53 GMT
References: <1990Jul30.152503.27962@cadence.com>
Reply-To: bryce@cbmvax (Bryce Nesbitt)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Jul30.152503.27962@cadence.com> baeder@cadence.com writes:
>I finally tracked down my crashing of DMCS.... 
>What is the difference between 1.3 and 1.3.2's serial.device???

DMCS closes the serial.device, then uses it again (!).   Under V1.3
serial.device, this would often work with no visible side effect.  V1.3.2
is less tolerant.  The V2.0 serial.device is identical to V1.3.2

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