Thanks, James.  I tried it, but it doesn't recognize the G3 Powerbooks
"modem/printer" port.  Rebooting is still the only way to do it, it seems.

Mark

>When I was writing code that used the serial driver I found a utility that
>forced a close of the serial port (since my code did not always word!). A
>search on CompuServe's Mac forums found something named CommCloser by Ron
>Grunwald from 1995. The file is 11kb in size and I've sent it directly to
>Mark. I don't know if attaching will work, however, since my daytime machine
>is Wintel.
>
>James Foster
>james at foster.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Guzdial <guzdial at cc.gatech.edu>
>To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu <squeak at cs.uiuc.edu>
>Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 1:15 PM
>Subject: Squeak MIDI and Mac Serial Ports
>
>
>>Does anyone know how to make Squeak let go of a Mac serial port after it
>>uses it (say, for a MIDI interface)?  On my G3 Powerbook, I have one lone
>>serial port.  After using it for MIDI-ing, I wanted to backup my PalmPilot,
>>but it insisted that Squeak still had the serial port -- despite moving
>>back to internal synthesizer, and despite quitting Squeak.  I could backup
>>after restart.
>>
>>It's not a huge deal (I don't backup that often :-), but if there's an easy
>>solution (a Mac-centric thingie? A Squeak expression to evaluate?), I'd
>>appreciate it.
>>
>>Thanks!
>> Mark
>>
>>--------------------------
>>Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
>>(404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
>>http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html
>>
>>


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Mark Guzdial : Georgia Tech : College of Computing : Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
(404) 894-5618 : Fax (404) 894-0673 : guzdial at cc.gatech.edu
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Mark.Guzdial.html