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#ArexxHELP!

    29-Jan-93 17:19:47
Sb: #31255-#ArexxHELP!
Fm: Patrick Doherty 72210,1702
To: Earl Green 71460,2251
Earl, Arexx is tough without a manual ( and even then ). I have been wrestling with ARexx and the serial port for months now with limited success. The manuals tell you about syntax and the various elements but don't say much about the overall organization (how to put a program together) I finally got the SerialManager that comes with CanDo to handle the serial communication between my 3000 and an laser disc recorder. The disc only accepts hexidecimal commands. The serialmanager has an option to send HEX commands. It was then necessary to set up buttons or scripts that would send the appropriate commands through the serial port when you were ready. I have not yet found an easy way to send data out the serial port. Using a serial port manager like the serialmanager seems unecessarily complicated given the Amiga's usual level of user friendliness. Patrick