Re: Re: Turbo Pascal/C TCPIP Library
By: Digital Man to Charles Blackburn on Thu Sep 15 2022 17:45:45
DM> You can, yes. But more advanced door (e.g. those that save state informatio
n to files), would be better written using COM
DM> I/O so that the door program can detect user disconnect and handle that gra
cefully (e.g. save state information to files).
DM> Most traditional door games, for example, are written using COM I/O.
COM I/O would be opening uarts etc? how would that go with a telnet connection?
I know in linux it's pretty much just a pipe but ??
got a ton to read lol
>> i dont do anything fancy text wise i should be good.
DM> Fancy text is not a problem, stdio, or otherwise.
oooh curses maybe ?
DM> Yes, the standard "drop files" contain that information. If you use a door
development kit (and there are many of them),
DM> they handle these details for you (opening/reading the drop files, sending
ANSI when appropriate, abstracting the reading
DM> and writing to the serial/COM port).
any particular one i should go get ?
regards
Charles Blackburn
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