Talking to COM1

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From: Nick Gessler
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 03:41

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I have been writing code to talk to COM1 successfully in W98.
However, the code runs 10X SLOWER on the new machines where I teach.  The technicians tell me:
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I have learned from our tech staff that NT 4.0/NT2000/XP all have a Hardware Abstraction Layer, which distances software from the hardware, while 95/98/ME allow applications to talk directly to the hardware. 
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Is there anyway I can get around this "abstraction layer?"

The code I'm using is in the first few blocks on my website at:
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/geog/gessler/borland/ezio.txt

Thanks,
Nick

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