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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
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  3. From: 7103_2622@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith)
  4. Subject: Re: Opening aux1
  5. Organization: University of Western Ont, London
  6. Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 18:27:52 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <1992Aug16.142752.1@uwovax.uwo.ca>
  8. References: <1992Aug15.021512.11496@csi.uottawa.ca>
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  13. In article <1992Aug15.021512.11496@csi.uottawa.ca>, cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne) writes:
  14. > How do I open a file to aux (a.k.a. modem1, a.k.a. com1: ...)?
  15.  
  16. Under TOS, it's called "AUX:" (that name also works under MiNT).
  17. Unfortunately, TOS's Fwrite and Fread system calls are seriously warped,
  18. so using AUX: to do anything useful can be tricky.
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  20. Eric R. Smith                     email:
  21. Dept. of Mathematics            eric.smith@uwo.ca
  22. University of Western Ontario
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