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Date:	Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:32:53 -0500
To:	"H. Henning Schmidt" <henning AT hhschmidt DOT de>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: "test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems
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At 05:12 AM 3/25/2004, you wrote:
>A question slightly besides your point ... but very interesting to me:
>
>What is the benefit of using /dev/ttyS0 instead of "com1" on Cygwin?


Portability.


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