Since we somebody asked, I have updated the comport external (serial interface) now that it works on Linux and NT.
See: http://iem.kug.ac.at/pdwiki/index.php?ComPort http://iem.kug.ac.at/ritsch/programmier/pd_externals/
Needed help:
Since I am no W!nd!ws-Guru: There is in the VC-Help mentioned that using this kind of ReadFile(...) function could block. Since I set the timeouts to zero it works ok on my machines. I have tried the Eventhandler-Wait-Stuff but didnt succeed with that.
So PLEASE W!nd!ws-Gurus out there have a look at the code and correct it, if needed and send me a note (ritsch@iem.kug.ac.at). ...thanx in advance
mfg winfried