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- From: heinz@edohwg.UUCP (Heinz Wrobel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: SERIAL.DEVICE HEEEEELLLLLPPPPPPP
- Message-ID: <heinz.03ac@edohwg.UUCP>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 11:00:39 GMT
- References: <u895762.715081138@bruny>
- Organization: Edotronik GmbH
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- In article <u895762.715081138@bruny> u895762@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Paul S.E.) writes:
- > So, I am wondering if there is a way to stop the serial.device from waiting
- >until the buffer is full, and hand over the characters as they come instead.
-
- 1. Send a SDCMD_QUERY to check if there are any characters.
- If not, do something else.
-
- 2. Read the QUERY amount of characters. This call will return without
- waiting.
-
- 3. Look at the RKM devices 3rd ed. page 270-271. Maybe you want to do this
- before 1. :-)
-
- >- u895762@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au
-
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