Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!sysadmin
From: sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (Matthew Montano)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: using basic to access the IIGS serial port
Message-ID: <324@generic.UUCP>
Date: 29 Dec 90 01:33:28 GMT
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Organization: People-Net [pnet91], Etobicoke, ON
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jmb@cbnews.att.com (James M. Brohard) writes:
>
>OK, it looks like it may be a little tough to use ORCA/C to read and write
>the IIGS serial port.  Is it possible to use Applesoft Basic?  It looks like
>IN#1 and PR#1 should work after setting the baud rate with the setup menu.
>Is this the way to do it?
>
>Thanks much for any help.
>jmb brohard
>
>cbnmva!jmb or jmb@cbnmva
>or
>cbnews!jmb or jmb@cbnews

It is actually very simple to use the IIgs serial ports from ORCA/C. I do it
regularly for a variety of projects.. One being GenericComm v3.0. A good
start, if you don't want to build your own library is John Snow's routines
"CSERIO" and the companion "SERIO" library. There is also a few user toolsets
available to do the same thing. This is all available from America ONLine.

Matthew
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