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From: press@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Barry Press)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: serial i/o under ms-windows
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Date: 2 Oct 89 16:27:32 GMT
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Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Redondo Beach, CA
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