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. . . . ########################################## . . . .
. . . . ## ## . . . .
. . . . ## Async Tools for the Async Minded ## . . . .
. . . . ## ================================ ## . . . .
. . . . ## Scott A. Deming ## . . . .
. . . . ## [email protected] ## . . . .
. . . . ## No version yet, and no real name. ## . . . .
. . . . ## ## . . . .
. . . . ########################################## . . . .
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7-12-93:
Well, we're on our way. These routines are finally taking shape. I need
to come up with a good name for them for the 1.00 release which is coming
up real soon. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I'll
be thinking myself. I'll compile a list of all the names recomended, and
the names that I come up with and hold an "election."
The terminal program now accepts to command line paramaters: COMport, and
Baudrate. Execute it like this: "C:\ASYNC> TERM 1 38400" for COM1 at
38400 baud. Did I mess my terminology up there? Oh well. If you don't
specify a baud rate it will assume 9600, and if you don't tell it which
comport you want to use it will assume COM1. It automatically assumes
N,8,1.
The terminal program is lousy, and needs a lot of work. It's intended
use is for testing everything. I will eventually make a version that
will allow you to run two comports at the same time. I wish I could do
four, but the IRQ's wont allow it. Anyone have any information on DIGIBOARD
or any other multi-port serial boards?
There are some functions left over in HSHAKE.C which don't need to be. I
will be cleaning all of that up soon, so ignore it.
There is also a half port for the Phar Lap's 286|DOS-Extender. Please
ignore it, and compile with EXTENDER = "" in the MAKEFILE.
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PLEASE HELP IN DEVELOPMENT!
If you have any unwanted compilers with manuals that you could pass along
or if you are just generous and want to buy me any compilers (for the PC
of course) please do! I would like to make this library as portable as
possible.
Currently I have:
Borland C++ 3.1
Power C 2.2.0
Compilers I'd really like are:
Microsoft C 6.0, Microsoft C++ 7.0, and Visual C++ 1.0
Watcom
Zortech
High C
Any that I've missed. PD or Commercial, I don't care! I want to make this
as portable as possible.
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Thank You!
Special thanks to Chris Blum and everyone who helped him with his summary.
And thank you Chris for letting me distribute the summary with this library.
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Disclamer
BTW: I'm not in this to make any money, I just needed some good serial
routines, and these are off on a good start. They will ALWAYS be FREE
and will ALWAYS have complete source code. But, they are still:
If you use these routines for anything useful, drop me a line. I'd love
to hear about it.
This code is NOT public domain. It's MyWare. Basically it's only free while
I say it is. Right now anyone can use it for anything they want without any
initial fee, surcharge, notifications, legallities, royalties, or anything
that makes it difficult to use. You can use this library for anything you
want to without even telling anyone. In fact, you can say they are YOUR very
own routines and nobody will breathe down your neck about it. But I must add
that I am the creator of them, and I can change my mind about it's availability
whenever I want to. If I do decide to change my mind it will not affect any
release except the one I change my mind on. Meaning, if I change my mind
on version 2.00, any release before that will still be free. The idea here is
that if I get lucky somehow, some way, and somebody decides to give me a lot
of money for these routines, or I feel they've progressed far enough to compete
with everything else out there then I will possibly begin to make a living off
of them.
Don't count on me ever selling out like that, I just want to make it clear that
I do reserve that right.
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Copyright stuff
Async Libarary -- Copyright (C) 1993, by Scott A. Deming. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The_Serial_Port -- Copyright (C) 1993, by Chris Blum. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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'til next time...