Message-ID:	<3520733B.3F25@post.comstar.ru>
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 1998 08:38:19 +0400
From:	Dim Zegebart <zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru>
Reply-To:	zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru
Organization:	Comstar Ltd.
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	Peter Hanzlik <hanzlikp AT sbox DOT zu-graz DOT ac DOT at>
CC:	DJGPP Mail List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Accessing Serial Ports
References:	<351F98C2 DOT 445C1A4A AT sbox DOT zu-graz DOT ac DOT at>

Peter Hanzlik wrote:
> 
> I' ve got some C-Sources for accessing the serial ports of a PC, but
> there are some gcc -
> Problems.
> 
> How to define a far-Pointer ?
> the line void interrupt far *int_vector doesn't work.
> Where are the library-functions setvect and getvect ?? (not in dos.h
> ?)
> 
> Peter
Handling interrupts under protected mode is not so easy task as under
real mode,
so you can't just declare interrupt far *int_vector. For more
information about
interrupts handling see FAQ, for serial communications get one of the
lib -
BCSerio, SVAsinc or DZComm.

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