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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Serial device
Message-ID: <8801250729.AA13244@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 25 Jan 88 07:29:19 GMT
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> While we're on this topic, is there any way of getting the serial
>device to send a message or a signal when the status of the carrier
>drops? I'd rather not rely on the modem sending me some characters
>when this happens.  Is setting up a timer message to ping the program
>every so often so it can go off and check the approved way of doing
>this?

	No, Yes.

	No, the serial.device does not have the capability.
	Yes, the easiest way (if you don't want to wait for a char) is to
	simply query it every so often.

				-Matt