From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Open an USB port
Date: 3 Oct 2002 18:47:03 GMT
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JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org> wrote:
> -: DJGPP makes DOS programs, but USB drivers for DOS essentially don't
> -: exist.

> Isn't USB just another serial protocol?  

Not really.

It's a protocol, and it uses a serial transport mechanism.  But it's
not, AFAIK, even remotely similar to RS232, which is what you probably 
meant by "just another protocol".  

> With a USB-DB9/DB25 adaptor (not expensive, or just hack your own),
> something workable might be written using the existing serial port
> libraries for djgpp.

I doubt that.  Heavily.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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