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- From: "jeff zeitlin" <jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
- Subject: tp5.5 and stdio
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.815.4967@execnet>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 19:48:56 EST
- Reply-To: "jeff zeitlin" <jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com>
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- Organization: Executive Networks Information
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- Subject: (was: Right. How do I write doors?)
-
- RP::>Nah this aint just another "could someone tell me how to write a door?"
- ::>post. I have heard that Pascals' (my version is 5.5) Write and WriteLn
- ::>routines don't use stdio, and so can't be relied upon effectively to
- ::>write output for doors that redirect stdio to the com ports.
-
- RP::>Any hints on what I should use? Let's not go too deep here - I'm in a
- ::>hurry to get this one fininshed! 8-)
-
- According to my TP5.5 manuals, Input and Output are indeed connected
- to the standard input and output. If in reality they aren't, try
- explicitly ASSIGNing them to "CON:". Then, use the standard Read
- and Write/ln procedures. Alteratively, ASSIGN two other files, I
- and O, as above, and using Read/Write/ln(I/O,foo).
-
- J/
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