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- From: rww@starbase.neosoft.com (Richard W. Walker)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: HELP, serial comms and RS232 etc.
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 20:26:32 GMT
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- Ez (E.V.Smith@shef.ac.uk) wrote:
- : It has become that I am going to have to communicate with a system using
- : the serial port and to RS232 standards. I am only familiar'ish with the
- : outport & inport commands and so am not sure if this the corrrect way
- : of doing it.( sorry this is using Borland C++ v3.0 )
- : any comments on this appreciated as It's got me worried and Im on a
- : deadline.
-
- Ok, time for a little hard honesty from a "been there, done that."
-
- Pick up phone. Call "Programmers Paradise", order either Greenleaf
- comlib or comm++ 3.0. They'll set you back about $300 or so. Now,
- to be honest, you can't write acceptable, flexible communications
- routines in $300 worth of time. After all, whats the point of
- writing yet another library of zmodem, xmodem, UART hacking,
- network modem serving procedures, when someone else already has,
- and has made it available for a reasonable amount of money.
-
- Now if your "going to have to communicate" is really just a curiosity
- that you want to mess with for the sake of doing it, then just ignore
- this advice.
-
-
-
-
- : I am also after information on the topic of these sorts of communications
- : and C++ you know like a FAQ or some text files for reference or last
- : resort a book,(as I'm a bit skint). so that I can get some good
- : understanding of what I'm looking at and trying to do.
- : Thanks if you can help me and thanks for reading this anyway if you cant.
- : Replies via email would be appreciated but any will do.
- : Thanks again.
- : Eric.
-
- --
- "My sister tends to think the end justifies the means;
- But then she gets so wrapped up in the means, she forgets
- what the end was!"
-
- - Kosuke Fujishima's "Oh my Goddess" [Japanese Manga]
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