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echo: os2prog
to: David Noon
from: Leslie Rhorer
date: 1996-09-26 00:22:52
subject: Re: Named Pipes

DN> I have Borland C/C++ 1.5 and IBM Visual Age C/C++. The latter is a
 DN> vastly superior compiler.

 DN> There is, I believe, a DOS interrupt available in a VDM that can
 DN> access an event semaphore created by an OS/2
 DN> process. [I don't have my

 LR>         This sounds *VERY* interesting.  Any further info?
 LR> Would it be difficult to implement?

 DN> Shouldn't be too difficult. A couple of subroutines written in Borland
 DN> C/C++ 3.1 should encapsulate event semaphores nicely.

        For the VDM, you mean?  My source code isn't C.

 LR>         At a more advanced stage, re-synchronization
 LR> will be a definite plus,
 LR> as will getting the OS/2 process to start at a given time
 LR> after the start of the audio.  IOW, for editing purposes,
 LR> it would be *VERY* advantageous to be able to start and
 LR> synch the OS/2 and DOS processes at, say, 18 minutes 10.4
 LR> seconds into their respective files.

 DN> You should also be able to post a semaphore from a VDM, as well as
 DN> wait for one. I'll code both waiting and posting from a VDM.

        This shouldn't require posting a semaphore from the VDM, actually.

 LR>         Do you have access to Internet e-mail?  If so,
 LR> what's your e-mail address?

 DN> My e-mail address is dwnoon{at}ibm.net. UUencoded stuff is fine.

        Great.  Do you wish to see a copy of my source, as well?  I'm
afraid it's rather bulky, and uncommented.

                                                        Les

e-mail: lrhorer{at}fibrcom.com

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