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From: rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: defeating time-out on com ports?
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.131628.10372@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 13:16:28 GMT
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In article <3603@naucse.cse.nau.edu>, rrw@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Robert Wier) writes:
>  The problem we are having (my students are currently using 
>  Quick-C) is that when you go out to read a character and there
>  isn't one there yet, the port seems to "time out" in 1.5 seconds
>  or so.  I can't find any way to defeat this, although I certainly
>  know it can be done.

	The four bytes at 40:7Ch contain the timeout values for COM1-4.
I'm not sure what the units are so you will have to relate the value
to your 1.5 second timeout.

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