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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 08:38:19 +0400
From: Dim Zegebart <zager AT post DOT comstar DOT ru>
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To: Peter Hanzlik <hanzlikp AT sbox DOT zu-graz DOT ac DOT at>
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Subject: Re: Accessing Serial Ports
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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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