From: "Peter Remmers" <Peter DOT Remmers AT t-online DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Async COM managing
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:42:32 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> schrieb...

> > I wonder if it would be possible
> > to write a library that would allow you to call the Windows functions
> > to access the COM ports
> 
> It's possible, but someone needs to crack down the backdoor into the
> Windows VxD which controls the COM port, in the same manner as they
> did with Winsock.

I think it's not even too hard, since it's documented in the Win98 DDK.


Windows 98 DDK
  Related Driver Documentation
    Windows 95 Documentation
      Design Guide
        Virtual Communications Device Drivers
          Virtual Communications Driver
            Protected-Mode Application Programming Interface


Peter