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From: han@Apple.COM (Byron Han, scapegoat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: RAM serial driver and event handling
Message-ID: <10307@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 19 Sep 90 23:03:13 GMT
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In article <1990Sep19.193147.15445@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>In article <1021.26f75aef@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> milikich@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Mike Milikich, Allen-Bradley Company) writes:
>>
>>0)Can anyone direct me to some sample code which uses the RAM serial driver to>>read and write bytes to/from either port?
>
>The Ram Serial driver is old and obselete-- use the new ROM serial driver,
>which has more functionality.  There are many tech notes on using it, though
>some are contradictory.

The ROM Serial Driver mentioned in IM-1 was the one in ROM for the earliest
Macintoshes.  The RAM Serial Driver mentioned in IM-1 is actually in ROM now...

>(If anyone knows how to close the new ROM serial driver, please tell me--
>CloseDriver is _bad_, right?)
>
When you are done with the serial driver and are not using the ancient
ROM driver (Mac 128 days), PLEASE close the driver when you are done.
_CloseDriver or _PBClose are acceptable.