Hej George!

Wednesday August 07 1996, George White writes to Allan Mertner:

 AM> RD>> This is OS/2 I DO NOT WANT direct i/o.

 AM>> I think you've made your position clear on this, although I
 AM>> still do not see why you insist on using a slower and less
 AM>> convenient interface, when the protection mechanisms in
 AM>> place are exactly the same.  Maybe you can explain this to
 AM>> me?

 GW> Because the direct i/o can only access standard serial ports. If you
 GW> have a Digiboard or any other intelligent card with OS/2 device drivers
 GW> it will support the serial ports via the DosDevIOCtl() + file interface.

Of course; the DosDevIOCtl interface is *available* in Virtual Pascal.  If
you just want to check a certain port address, it really is much easier to
do it the simple way - all we do is provide you with a choice of options.

Yours,
Allan

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