Please note that the mscomm control is only present in the professional and
enterprise versions of vb 5 and 6.  Not the standard.  <sigh>

-Adam

Tom Handley wrote:
>
>    Stefan, VB5 and 6 will do 115K using the MSComm control. As far as
> QBasic, I'm not sure how to use it but you can still go directly to the
> hardware. If you speak C, I can provide low-level examples.
>
>    - Tom
>
> At 05:00 PM 7/26/99 +0100, Stefan Sczekalla-Waldschmidt wrote:
> >Tom Handley wrote:
> >>
> >>    Stefan, you can use any language you want. Some have better high-level
> >> support than others. I use C/C++ and Visual Basic v5. You can also access
> >> the hardware directly but it's not `multitasking-friendly'... I often do
> >> this for `in-house' work where I want exclusive access to a port. As far
> >> as speed, 38400 is trivial. I can talk to a PIC16C77 at 115K in both C
> >> and VB5.
> >
> >Oh ( wondering ) quickbasic was limited to 9k6,8,n,1 - this limitation
> >is not given anymore within Visual-Basic 5 ( and 6 ) ??
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >
> >        Stefan
>
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> Tom Handley
> New Age Communications
> Since '75 before "New Age" and no one around here is waiting for UFOs ;-)