Brainboxes 1 Port Rs232 Card, User Manual

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NewCOM32.sys
A device driver providing support for 32 ports.
NewMode.exe
A replacement for the DOS ’mode com...’ command. NewMode is used to set the
serial parameters, including the port address, IRQ line used, the baud rate, parity
and data and stop bit options. Baud rates supported are from 110 baud to
115,200 baud! Included is a very handy query mode that reports the settings of
the various serial ports. Flexible and fast!
EASY programs
The EASY disk contains short, simple to understand and use EASYBAS,
EASYC and ASYPAS programs, providing straight forward, file type I/O to
serial ports with debug information. Use these FIRST, base your sample
applications on them. Source code, make files and compiled ready to run
programs supplied.
TERM programs
A suite of larger terminal emulation programs written in C (Cterm), Assembly
language (Aterm), Pascal (Pasterm), BASIC (BASterm) and FORTRAN
(FORterm) show how to access the NEWBIOS routines as well as the simple file
I/O to ports. They contain many lines of code and are thus harder to grasp. They
demonstrate in depth serial port programming in a variety of languages but they
are also useful tools for using serial devices.
Comtest.exe
Comtest is a short but invaluable program that is used to check that the serial
port at a particular I/O address is functioning correctly and is connected to the
particular IRQ line. The program correctly identifies the UART type by
employing the built in loop back capability of the PC serial port chip, a full test
of the baud rate generator, transmitting and receiving buffer, parity enable and
start stop bit is performed. There is no need for a second serial port or a cable
when using this utility.
Serial Solutions For Windows 3.x
Serial Solutions for Windows 3.x works with Windows 3.0, 3.1 and 3.11 as well
as Windows For Workgroups 3.11.
Serial Solutions for Windows 3.x consists of the following programs: -
Setup.exe
The install routine for the package.
Port.DLL
Enhanced Control Panel applet. Allows configuration of extra serial ports from
the Windows Control Panel. Supports single as well as multiport cards using
shared interrupts.
BbLynx.drv
Replacement for COMM.DRV.
LynxAPI.dll
Enhancement to the Windows Comms API’s allowing support for more than 9
ports.
Term.exe
Terminal program.