From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 19 17:27:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16753 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:27:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA16746 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:27:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA22503; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:26:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199807200026.RAA22503@austin.polstra.com> To: markc@socialnet.com Subject: Re: writing software for serial port based devices In-Reply-To: <00b101bdb1c1$1d352ab0$ed3252cf@stimpy.intranet.relationships.com> References: <00b101bdb1c1$1d352ab0$ed3252cf@stimpy.intranet.relationships.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 17:26:27 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <00b101bdb1c1$1d352ab0$ed3252cf@stimpy.intranet.relationships.com>, Mark Castillo wrote: > > I've been interested in writing software that will dowload images > from a serial port based digital camera. In particular the Epson PhotoPC. > I'm a decent C programmer, but don't no where to start with on FreeBSD > as far as programming serial port devices. Can someone please direct me > to where the best resources for this is (source code that uses the serial > port, etc.) Just FYI, there's already a port "graphics/photopc" that does this. See also several other ports in the graphics category, e.g., "camediaplay". John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message