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From: catfood@NCoast.ORG (Mark W. Schumann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Testing serial port?
Message-ID: <1991May7.030539.28611@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 7 May 91 03:05:39 GMT
Organization: North Coast Public Access *NIX, Cleveland, OH
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I think this must be a FAQ, but here goes.  Is there a generalized
way within an application to determine whether there is actually
a device attached to a COM port?  I know you can try to initialize
the port and check the error code, but that has a very long timeout
period.  (Like 15 minutes on my Gateway.)  Does anybody know a
faster way?

Thanks.

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