[fpc-pascal] USB or RS-232 capability?

[Adriaan van Os]

Jonas Maebe wrote:

> Lance Boyle wrote:
>
>> Does FPC provide access to USB or RS-232 (COM) ports?
>>
>> I am interested in trying this on Mac OS X, with a possible port to  
>> Windows. (Yes, I'll get a USB-Serial adapter from Keyspan if  
>> necessary.)
>
> Plain RS-232 should be fairly simple under Mac OS X once you get such  
> an adapter. They include a driver that creates a device under /dev,  
> which can be used as a regular serial port after you open it from your  
> application (so if you search for generic unix serial port controlling  
> code, it should Just Work).

Maybe  
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeviceDrivers/Conceptual/ 
WorkingWSerial/WWSerial_SerialDevs/chapter_1_section_1.html> is useful  
(converted from C to Pascal).

Regards,

Adriaan van Os