Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!hyper.hyper.com!bonneau
From: bonneau@hyper.hyper.com (Paul Bonneau)
Subject: Re: Cannot read from device AUX
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.192820.5631@hyper.hyper.com>
Keywords: System error
Reply-To: bonneau@hyper.UUCP (Paul Bonneau,,)
Organization: HyperCube Inc.
References: <1991Jun24.122339.3944@cs.ruu.nl>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 19:28:20 GMT

In article <1991Jun24.122339.3944@cs.ruu.nl> tim@cs.ruu.nl (Tim Dumas) writes:
>
>
>  What kind of bug causes the system error box, Cannot read from device
>  AUX, to appear? It comes up at arbitrary points in the execution of the
>  msw program I'm developping and also in some programs I ftp'd from cica.
>
>  If someone knows what's happening, please let me know by mail.
>
Windows has detected an error (see Appendix C "Windows
Debugging Messages" in "Reference Volume 2"), and is
attempting to write debugging info to your com port (com1
I think by default).  This is commonly known as a "rip"
(for Rest In Peace perhaps :).  Installing a terminal on
your com port will both show you the message, and prevent
the dreaded MessageBox.

cheers - Paul Bonneau.