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From: chesley@goofy.apple.com (Harry Chesley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: How do I determine the serial line speed?
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Date: 12 Jan 90 18:50:48 GMT
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In article <1225@mountn.dec.com> minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow) 
writes:
> In a program that sends data through the serial line, I have a dialog
> that sets the line parameters (line speed, parity, etc.)  However,
> I haven't discovered anything in Inside Mac that tells me how to
> determine the current parameters, i.e., "Get" equivalents to
> SerReset and SerHShake.

Nope, as far as I know there's no way to find out what the current 
settings are, short of horrible practices like going out and talking to 
the SCC directly. In my programs, I keep a record of what I set the line 
to so I can return that information.

Note that the Comm Toolbox does have a get configuration function.