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- From: bgc@alpha.netam.net (The Bowling Green Connection)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Getting modem status
- Date: 29 Feb 1996 18:40:52 GMT
- Organization: NetAmerica, Bowling Green, KY.
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- Does anyone know a way (with Borland C++ 3.1) that I can check the status
- of a com port and see if the modem attached to it is on the hook, or
- in use? I've tried the _bios_serialcom() function, checking the return
- value of the STATUS option, but it HANGS UP the modem if it is in use!!
-
- Eddie
- bgc@bgcky.com
-