From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <dummy_addressee AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: RS232 Library (windows friendly?)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:06:49 -0500
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Yeah, windows helps you to lose those characters nicely. Great feature.
I solved this by means of a packet-like protocol with simple checksums and
timeouts. This approach helps to determine loss of data and keep its
integrity. You just rerequest a packet if an error has been encountered.
Very simple approach. And worked for me just fine.

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"pwillard" <petewillard AT hotmail DOT com> wrote in message
news:96jetk$dc8$1 AT novalfsmtp1 DOT novsvcs DOT net...
> In looking throuugh the available RS232 libraries for DJGPP, I noticed
that
> just about all are intolerant of windows.  Can anyone recommend one that
can
> work within a windows environment, IE: DOS BOX on WIN98 running in
character
> mode?
>
> Not looking for anything fancy... VB sample terminal application is
> overkill...
>
>