complier with bios.h

Hello

I am trying to compile this program using mingw complier but I dont think it has the bios.h library file. Can anybody recommend a freeware complier with the bios.h library (if any)

thanks in advance

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <bios.h>

int main()
{
	unsigned com1_status;
	unsigned com1_send;
	unsigned com1_rec;
	unsigned com1_init;
	
	/* setup for Com1, 8bits of data, no parity, one stop bit, 300 baud */

	com1_init = _bios_serialcom(_COM_INIT, 0,_COM_CHR8 | _COM_NOPARITY | _COM_STOP1 | _COM_300);
	

	printf("Init status: 0x%4.4X\n", com1_init);

	com1_send = _bios_serialcom(_COM_SEND, 0, '*');
	printf("Send status: 0x%4.4X\n", com1_send);

	return 0;

}

Dev-C++

thanks for your help

sorry iam pretty lame at this iam getting an error from dev-c++ every time i run the compiler its saying:-

COM_INIT' undeclared (first use in this function)

is there anything wrong with my program?

thanks

I believe 'Bios.h' is MS-DOS specific. I don't think you are going to find it on newer compilers.

wow, can I access bios info with bios.h ? cool I'll check it out

thanks again so the program will not work with the dev c++. Are there any old freeware compliers that will work with the bios.h? I heard that turbo c++ 3 will work with bios.h but i cant download it anywhere.

Thanks in advance

Just forget about bios.h - Everything you need to do serial port programming using dev c++ is in this thread.

gg