When I was writing code that used the serial driver I found a utility that forced a close of the serial port (since my code did not always word!). A search on CompuServe's Mac forums found something named CommCloser by Ron Grunwald from 1995. The file is 11kb in size and I've sent it directly to Mark. I don't know if attaching will work, however, since my daytime machine is Wintel.
James Foster james@foster.net
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Guzdial guzdial@cc.gatech.edu To: squeak@cs.uiuc.edu squeak@cs.uiuc.edu Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 1:15 PM Subject: Squeak MIDI and Mac Serial Ports
Does anyone know how to make Squeak let go of a Mac serial port after it uses it (say, for a MIDI interface)? On my G3 Powerbook, I have one lone serial port. After using it for MIDI-ing, I wanted to backup my PalmPilot, but it insisted that Squeak still had the serial port -- despite moving back to internal synthesizer, and despite quitting Squeak. I could backup after restart.
It's not a huge deal (I don't backup that often :-), but if there's an easy solution (a Mac-centric thingie? A Squeak expression to evaluate?), I'd appreciate it.
Thanks! Mark
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