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05/02/05 09:32
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#92711 - But why?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I said:
There are drivers available


Steve M. Taylor said:
There are a couple of nice protected mode general purpose drivers available for Delphi, if you look for 'em.

Yes, that's the sort of thing.

But, as I said before, why bother?

Why not just use the serial port - then you don't need any special drivers at all!

With the serial port, you need nothing more than a standard windoze installation and the standard windoze API.
You can use things like AsyncPro (search here) if you want to get flashy, but there is no need.

And, of course, if you program for the standard COM: port interface, it will work with any standard USB-to-RS232 adaptor thingy (just remember not to put an artificial limit on the COM: port number...!).

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printer interface with at89s8252            01/01/70 00:00      
   Have you tested it yet?            01/01/70 00:00      
      ...and yet...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Indeed            01/01/70 00:00      
      Windoze            01/01/70 00:00      
         Delphi            01/01/70 00:00      
            But why?            01/01/70 00:00      

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