serial input

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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: Australia Posts: 6433	Posted: 07:13am 11 Jun 2025         Volhout said   So why the DO LOOP. If you have a 256 buffer, why not use input$(255,#1) Volhout With a 256 byte buffer you need two reads. Normally I would have a larger buffer hence the do:loop Once flushed, I use whatever size read is needed for the incoming data with plenty of room to synchronize the stream.