[Coco] Drivewire question

[Bill Pierce]

Thanks Aaron,that makes sense. I know some drivers will open if the hardware isn't present, but will error when accessed. I'll do a "path=open("/n")" and if path <= 0 then drivewire isn't on.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thu, Aug 23, 2012 11:42 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire question


iirc, the /N module won't load unless the dwinit routine gets a
response indicating dw4 is present.  I think you will get errors
trying to open it at all if dw4 isn't there.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Aaron (or anyone else)
>  Is there a simple cmd or test that can be done from OS9 to determine if 
Drivewire is present? Something that just returns an ACK or something like that, 
that I can send to a "/N" driver. It will have no other purpose than to 
determine if Drivewire is running. Best if it just returns a single byte.
>
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