jww@bonnie.UUCP (Joel West) (03/25/85)
The original query regarding RAM serial drivers has since been purged here. However, I refer its author (and anyone else) to page 24 of the 2/15/85 document "About the Software Supplement." The MacStuff 3 disk in this supplement includes standard RAM serial drivers for the Mac and Lisa (or XL, if you prefer). According to the docs, the serial driver should be Resource edited over along with linking SDOpen.Rel. Open the driver as SPORTA equ $0000 ; use modem port SPORTB equ $0100 ; use printer port XREF RAMSDOpen CLR.W -(SP) MOVE.W SPORTB,-(SP) JSR RAMSDOpen MOVE.W (SP)+,R0 ; get function result close it with XREF RAMSDClose MOVE.W SPORTB,-(SP) JSR RAMSDClose The RAMSDOpen knows which SERD to load from the SERD file, depending on whether it's a Mac or MAC XL. Error codes from OPEN include; -97 port in use -98 port configured for other use (parameter RAM: see OS Utilities) -192 resource not found -108 out of memory -- Joel West (619) 457-9681 CACI, Inc. - Federal 3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct La Jolla 92037 jww@bonnie.UUCP (ihnp4!bonnie!jww) westjw@nosc.ARPA "The best is the enemy of the good" - A. Mullarney