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From: treesh@vangogh.helios.nd.edu
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Subject: Re: inputting from the modem port in commdore basic
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Date: 4 Jan 91 15:01:56 GMT
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Looking at your code, it would appear that your trying to achive a one second
time limit on the input.  Thats not exactaly what I was trying to get at,
the dealy before timeout would actually be about 1 full miniute before
it gives up with a time out error.  I guess all I need to do is change
the value at line 1030.
 
Also, looking at your logic of GETTING a$ from the modem port, your not making
a check for a null, instead your popping right into your a1$=a1$+a$.  If
a$ was a null, and then it was added, would that change a1$?  Probabaly not
right?  Or would it acutally insert a ton of chr$(0)'s into a1$??
 
Time to do some checking on that one, Im not sure!!

Hopefully this will do the job for me, I have been up all night trying 
different ML approaches to this problem, suffering deeper and deeper brain
dammage!!! hahaha
 
ctfm