In message  <97060107300835355@shades.nildram.co.uk>
PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
 writes:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've just got a PIC program up and running to drive
> two RC servos and an LCD display and talk to the PC
> via RS232. Question is, how the heck do you talk to
> the serial port from the PC (eg. in Pascal). I know
> how to read/write to the parallel port - just simply
> do a "Port[$***] := whatever". But how's about the
> serial port? Can anyone help me out on this?

I always use a program library called RTK (Real Time Kernal) which
I just link in with my normal C programs.  This kernel takes over all
the overheads and give you a nice clean interface to you serial
ports.  To use it you only have to link in one small library, and
you've got easy access to the serial port.  RTK also offers a whole
range of other usefull real time features.

Rgds
Werner
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