CompuServe Messages

Charles: You have to know the format of the commands your LaserDisc player accepts, the BAUD rate and serial port settings etc. but you can control a player by just writing to the serial port. Myself I use a terminal program to send commands to my player. The advantage to the driver approach that Commodore implemented with AmigaVision is that you don't have to worry about the different commands sets used by the various players, the device driver takes care of it. However if you are only interested in supporting a particular player, writing directly to the serial port works fine. -=Martin=- – via Whap!