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From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Serial I/O
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.042039.25265@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 19 Sep 90 04:20:39 GMT
References: <1630@software.software.org>
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In article <1630@software.software.org> cox@software.org (Guy Cox) writes:
>Would someone please post a code fragment on using serial I/O. I'm trying
>to write to a Votrax in an identify the letter, number and shapes program
>for preschoolers. The Votrax says things like "Can you find the letter A"
>or "Find the red square" when the preschooler clicks on the correct
>object praise is then issued by Votrax and a little tune is played by
>windows. I'm getting the DCB and the open OK but the WriteComm returns 
>a -1 and the Votrax is silent. Any help would be appreciated.

Opening a communications port is really pretty simple.  You need to
open the comm port first (using the OpenComm call) and then you need
to set up the commDCB that will set the comm port to the proper 
settings.

I've done it in Actor (and unfortunatly don't have the code and didn't
bring it with me when I left).

Hopefully what I've outlined will help a bit.
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