BILLW@SU-SUSHI.ARPA (Chops) (05/21/85)
I want to be able to have a background process read from a serial port and write to disk occasionally. DOS is not reentrant, although there are supposed to be ways around this (Is there an example anywhere?). The DOS documentation implies that the low numbered dos calls are handled differently, that you can, for example, write to the console even if you are in the middle of some other DOS call. My specific questions are these: 1) Is this true 2) does it work the other way around (eg can I write to a fiel while DOS is waiting for a character to be typed on CON:) Thanks Bill W -------
jrv@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (05/21/85)
There was a long message on this subject about a month ago on info-ibmpc. I'll try to dig up the reference. - Jim Van Zandt
jrv@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (05/26/85)
> There was a long message on this subject about a month ago on info-ibmpc. > I'll try to dig up the reference. - Jim Van Zandt Here's the reference: Info-IBMPC Digest Sunday, 3 February 1985 Volume 4 : Issue 24 From: Billy <BRACKENRIDGE@USC-ISIB.ARPA> I think you should be able to ftp this from the archives at usc-isib (using an ANONYMOUS login). Try the directory and file <INFO-IBMPC>Q1-DIGESTS-85 - Jim Van Zandt
greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) (05/29/85)
In article <11042@brl-tgr.ARPA> jrv@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA writes: >> There was a long message on this subject about a month ago on info-ibmpc. >> I'll try to dig up the reference. - Jim Van Zandt > >Here's the reference: >Info-IBMPC Digest Sunday, 3 February 1985 Volume 4 : Issue 24 >From: Billy <BRACKENRIDGE@USC-ISIB.ARPA> > >I think you should be able to ftp this from the archives at usc-isib >(using an ANONYMOUS login). Try the directory and file > <INFO-IBMPC>Q1-DIGESTS-85 > > - Jim Van Zandt Could somebody who has access at usc-isib please post to the net? Thanks. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ross M. Greenberg @ Time Inc, New York --------->{ihnp4 | vax135}!timeinc!greenber<--------- I highly doubt that Time Inc. they would make me their spokesperson. ------ "There's something wrong in the world. There's always been. Something no one has ever named or explained" --- Francisco d'Anconia