04-05-2025, 09:56 AM
Hello, All.
I think we are getting away from the original premise of this thread. As I noted I do not (and will never) use Windows - it is insecure and obscure, and is proprietary code (not freely accessible) - I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but it is based on long experience.
Because of this, I have used Linux for well over 20 years now.
My original request was for information on using the serial (specifically USB) ports under QB64PE, on a Linux based machine - not how to access the ports from Linux - thats easy. The reason is that I am working on an Eprom Programmer to support legacy systems, and for various reasons have been looking at using QB or its derivatives to generate the PC Controller application for this programmer. In the course of this, I found that using these ports via QB doesn't seem to be well supported, so I began to look into this. I found somewhere that there is a Serial library for QB, but couldn't find any details. so I thought I'd investigate the possibilities of producing a simple USB port library for QB, time permitting.
I appreciate the replies I have received, and everything is useful - I just think that given that USB ports are widely and universally used by almost all devices these days, it would be a useful asset to have.
I think we are getting away from the original premise of this thread. As I noted I do not (and will never) use Windows - it is insecure and obscure, and is proprietary code (not freely accessible) - I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but it is based on long experience.
Because of this, I have used Linux for well over 20 years now.
My original request was for information on using the serial (specifically USB) ports under QB64PE, on a Linux based machine - not how to access the ports from Linux - thats easy. The reason is that I am working on an Eprom Programmer to support legacy systems, and for various reasons have been looking at using QB or its derivatives to generate the PC Controller application for this programmer. In the course of this, I found that using these ports via QB doesn't seem to be well supported, so I began to look into this. I found somewhere that there is a Serial library for QB, but couldn't find any details. so I thought I'd investigate the possibilities of producing a simple USB port library for QB, time permitting.
I appreciate the replies I have received, and everything is useful - I just think that given that USB ports are widely and universally used by almost all devices these days, it would be a useful asset to have.