[Info-vax] Using terminal lines - a long shot question

[Lee Gleason]

   I have occasion to write some programs that control some foreign gear 
via terminal lines (I know - already, I am in a state of sin...).

   Many years back, Jamie Hanrahan (RIP) posted an entry to comp.os.vms 
that described in great detail the best way to do this sort of thing - 
it described when to use what sort of read qio's, from single character 
reads with timeouts to bulk reads by length, and several types in 
between those, and when to switch to which variety. It went on at length 
how to do this sort of thing efficiently and reliably. It was a great 
generalized description of how to deal with gear that needs to send and 
receive small commands as well as large data packets - a sort of 
universal treatment of how best to implement an asynchronous protocol

   I've misplaced my copy of that post - wondering if anyone else saw it 
and saved a copy....

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Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants
lee.gleason at comcast.net