CompuServe Messages

Patrick, Open the SER: device in ARexx and just use Writech() to send data through the serial port. Problem with using ARexx rather than a host like serial- manager is that you have no extensive control over the use of the port unless you're willing to do some additional ARexx programming. However, some time ago there were several programs in the LIBs which involved using the serial port with ARexx without a host manager. There was also an old Basic program which used the serial port. It was a phone dialer. The routines in it for accessing the serial port through Basic were (are) essentially what you need to do with ARexx. You might see if that old stuff is still around to use as helpful examples. Alternatively, if you have any old Basic programming books which have examples of using a serial port from Basic, I think you could adapt them to ARexx. There also was an upload awhile back of a serial library of routines accessible from ARexx for using the serial port.