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In article <1992Dec30.200952.5153@panther.mot.com>, ronf@panther3.panther.mot.com (Ron Feigen) writes:
> Being my first post, I hope this is the appropriate newgroup.
> 
> I am a Unix/C/Assembler type that finds himself in the position of having to
> write/port an app. on an IBM PC.  One of the functions needed is to establish
> carrier on a modem.  My problem?  How do I setup the com?: port using 'C'.
> Asking the user to use the DOS mode command would be sort of kludgy.
> Can anybody give some leads?  Books?  Examples?
> 
> Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> -- 
> 
> >
> Ron Feigen
> ronf@panther.mot.com


There are numerous ways of initializing a serial port with 'C'. My standard
method is to directly write to the UART addresses. A more commonly used method
is to use a library function such as `_bios_serialcom`. Most `C` compilers for
DOS have this function or one that is similar. If you wish to write directly
to the port addresses, the proper function to use would be 'outp','outport`,
`outportb', etc., again depending on the compiler you are using.
Good Hunting...

John