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Re: Vee 5.0 Probs

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From: Andrew Scott
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:30
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slow down the serial port?  or change the serial cable?  maby that PCs
serial ports are just knackered?

Andrew

"ant+news" <ant+news@ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>
> I am running a program called Vee 5.0 (more specifically Hp Vee - pre
> break up with HP). It is running on windows 98 and I am trying to get
> information from the serial port. All IO libraries have been installed
> and the data can be seen entering the serial port using Hyperterminal.
> On running my Hp vee program I can get some data through as long as it
> is not in a text string ( the required input) and only works at very low
> data speeds. The program just freezes and stops responding.
>
> I have the same setup on another computer and it works perfectly well -
> Is there a simple solution to the problem?
>
> cheers
>
> ant
>
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