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From: "Alain" <alainm AT pobox DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Serial I/O
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:11:24 -0300
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> A> Try this:
> A>    MODE COM1: RETRY=P
> A> this should configure the serial port driver to printer mode, which keeps
> A> waiting (locked) until the serial port accepts more data
>
>     This is temporary solution when you have no source for application to
>close this hole 

If it works ok, then it is for him to decide. In fact it should work: it waits
and does not loose bytes. It is standard for serial printers.

>- AFAIK, this command remains TSR in memory.

mode not always stays resident in memory. I don't remember about this
case, but probably not.

Alain