Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: DOS Guy Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Which newsgroup to discuss details of serial-port programming? Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:57:14 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4F346B6A.1705D91@Guy.com> References: <4F31C4B5.E3E5B364@Guy.com> <4F327A82.EE0D3C75@Guy.com> <1328727343snz@nospam.demon.co.uk> <4F33399B.80C7B393@Guy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ab5SJQcW0FP7usmhKjGv6A.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.msdos.misc:355 comp.os.msdos.programmer:469 Jim Leonard wrote: > > So the task for the serial port is to convey 16 channels of data > > to a secondary computer for real-time trace display on a larger > > monitor. > > Curious; was there a reason you couldn't use a local LAN with > packet drivers instead? What powerbasic commands are there to open and send data through an ethernet port?