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From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)
Subject: Re: interrupt handling and COM port
Date: 1998/11/05
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Date: 1998-11-05T00:00:00+00:00
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Kris Hermans (kris.hermans@cs.kuleuven.ac.be) wrote:

: I`m trying to write 2 programs that communicate through a serial line on
: COM2 (2 PC`s with MS_DOS, I use GNAT310).

: I believe I can set up the ports correctly, but my problem is to attach
: an interrupt handler correctly. 

GNAT for DOS does not support interrupt handling due to the real/protected
mode complexities. However, interrupt handling can be done using the
underlying DJGPP library. See my homepage (http://stad.dsl.nl/~jvandyk)
for an example program and interrupt package.

Jerry.

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