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From: reino@euraiv1.UUCP (Reino de Boer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: TP4.0 Aux Prob.
Message-ID: <796@euraiv1.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 88 14:08:26 GMT
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Organization: Erasmus University EF/AIV,Rotterdam,Netherlands
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jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) writes:


>I just typed in the code on pages 365 - 367 of the Turbo Pascal 4.0 manual,
>compiled it and tried to use it; but it doesn't seem to work.  Has anyone
>else had this problem?  Is there a typo in the manual?

In my manual these pages are 373-376, and yes there is a typo.
The .DOC file on the distribution disks tells you to look at a file named
AUXINOUT.PAS on Disk II.

>I'm referring to the procedures on using the Auxillary port on the PC.
>AuxInit, AssignAux, ... , etc.

>Does anybody know of a way to effectively send and receive one character at
>a time from the RS232 port using Turbo Pascal?  This is what I need to do.

See also my posting in this group on Serial Unit in TP4.

>Thanks.

You're welcome

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Reino de Boer
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam The Netherlands.
Vakgroep AIV 
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