wayne@wem2.hf.intel.com (Wayne McDaniel) (04/10/91)
There are many interrupt driven communication packages out there for sell to write DOS communication programs. What about Windows and OS2? Does one use the same communication packages that are available for DOS or does Windows and OS2 have built in communication support? Thanks Wayne McDaniel wayne@wem.hf.intel.com (Standard Disclaimer)
larrys@watson.ibm.com (Larry Salomon, Jr.) (04/12/91)
In <1991Apr10.161018.18635@wem2.hf.intel.com>, wayne@wem2.hf.intel.com (Wayne McDaniel) writes: > >There are many interrupt driven communication packages out there >for sell to write DOS communication programs. What about Windows and >OS2? Does one use the same communication packages that are >available for DOS or does Windows and OS2 have built in communication >support? OS/2 has the "extended edition" which contains the communication support. Cheers, Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q') OS/2 Applications and Tools IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY
d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren) (04/14/91)
In article <1991Apr12.123630.19704@watson.ibm.com> larrys@yktvmv writes: >In <1991Apr10.161018.18635@wem2.hf.intel.com>, wayne@wem2.hf.intel.com (Wayne McDaniel) writes: >>for sell to write DOS communication programs. What about Windows and >>OS2? Does one use the same communication packages that are >>available for DOS or does Windows and OS2 have built in communication >>support? > >OS/2 has the "extended edition" which contains the communication support. You don't need Extended Edition if the only thing you want to do is interrupt-driven asynchronous communication. There is a COM-driver in OS/2 that you work when you write an asynchronous program. THe driver itself is interrupt-driven, so the application program don't need to worry about these things. There are plenty of asynchronous communication programs available for OS/2, both PM and text. Mikael Wahlgren d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se