Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!psuvax1!husc6!m2c!umvlsi!umaecs!satam From: SATAM@ecs.umass.edu Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: getc help needed Message-ID: <214@ecs.umass.edu> Date: 30 Sep 89 18:49:26 GMT Lines: 9 Read without wait. you can try read with NO_DELAY flag. the exact constant is given in. The read call will return -1 if there is no character in the buffer. Also take care to open the port in raw mode. Otherwise, the mysterious four character buffering will be a headache. - K G Satam email "satam@ecs.umass.edu"