Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/05/19/02:30:22
If you take a look at my program that works with COM port, you may notice it
uses TxD and RxD only.
Btw, does BIOS assume more than just these 2 signals (read/write) with
null-modem cable? Neither RB Int list nor TechHelp nor HelpPC says how many
signals are in use in BIOS service functions.
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Jason Green wrote:
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> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
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> > On Thu, 18 May 2000, Alexei A. Frounze wrote:
> >
> > > Btw, I usually connect 2nd and 3rd pins of the serial cable/connector in
> > > order to test I/O on a single computer. Could this situation be problematic
> > > for BIOS?
> >
> > I don't think so, but I'm not really a hardware person. Anybody?
>
> I don't know about BIOS functions, but only looping pins 2&3 (Tx/Rx)
> could definitely lead to different behaviours between programs.
>
> If some code is looking for a handshake line to be asserted then it
> could appear to hang, if some other code ignores the handshake lines
> then it will appear to work but could drop bytes.
>
> Loop-back the handshake lines, DTR-DSR and/or RTS-CTS. And make sure
> you also assert the outgoing handshake lines DTR & RTS.
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