From:	jcadam AT pcisys DOT net (James Adam)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Serial Ports
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 1997 22:58:38 GMT
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On 14 Jul 97 03:57:44 GMT, "George Kinney" <goober AT mail DOT net> wrote:

thanks, I found a Public Domain Z-MODEM protocol
(ftp.sovam.com/.1/news/dos/pdzm100.zip), can't seem to locate
X/YMODEM, but just Z-MODEM should do, it's better anyway, and by now
should be just as common as XMODEM. 
SVASYNC only allows one comm port to be open at a time, but I think
I've found something elsethat should work for me, bcsio20.zip, found
in v2tk at a djgpp site.


>As for using the serial ports,  a library that I have used and been pleased
>with is SVASYNC which provides low level asynchronous communication
>functions.
>It is available in v2misc or v2tk (sorry I can not remember precisely) at 
>any DJGPP site.(like simtel)
>
>As for protocol specs,  I have seen,  but did not archive,  code for many
>of them.
>There is a basic XMODEM program bundled with MicroC,  which should be
>available 
>from the same site as FreeDOS.
>
>(If I had a working Archie client,  I could probably turn up something
>concrete. :()
>
>Anyways,  good luck.
>
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>George Kinney    gkinney (AT) usa (DOT) net
>Yes,  the return address is bogus.  Please fix up the above to reach me.
>

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