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echo: 80xxx
to: FERNANDO ARIEL GONT
from: JAMES VAHN
date: 1998-04-04 07:29:00
subject: Re: Serial port: BIOS function

> I tried to use int 14h func 02h: Receive character from communications
> port.
> The "specification" says: "This function waits for a character", But
> in the few "experiments" I made, it seems that it doesn't _*wait*_
> the character....
Best to use int 14 just to setup the ports, but deal with
reading/writing them directly. Can't remember exactly why,
something to do with speed and timings I think.
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