From:	Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: reading/writing to COM ports
Date:	Sun, 30 Aug 1998 12:02:33 -0300
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > If you only need to output several strings to the port, you could try to
> > > use the predefined stream `stdaux'.  You use it the same as `stdout',
> > > only `stdaux' is open in binary mode.
> >     How can you specify which port to read/write to?
> I don't think you can.  It is permanently assigned to the AUX device,
> which is usually COM1.
	I've never had a modem that ran on COM1.  I think that conflicts with my
mouse.  I always use COM3.
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