The IOWedge Redirection Program

This is a nice little program to allow you to use your IBM cards with
programs that do not allow alternate serial or parallel drivers.  This
program is for the 2.0 operating system only -- it will not work under
the older 1.3 operating system.  It is CLI only.  You can associate it 
with an icon by using the Xicon or IconX utilities.   You can put IOWedge
anywhere convenient on your system, such as in the "c:" directory.  The 
template for IOWedge is:


IOWedge SERIAL newserial.device PARALLEL newparallel.device [QUIT]


IOWedge intercepts any calls to begin using the internal serial or 
parallel ports and gives you the option of substituting an new driver
instead.  When an access is attempted to the internal ports, IOWedge 
pops up a 2.0-look window with the name of the task that attempted the
port access, and a set of buttons.  Clicking on the internal button 
allows the task to continue to use the internal port drivers.  Clicking
on one of the numbered buttons substitutes the new driver you specified,
selecting the unit number corresponding to the button you clicked on.  
For example, clicking on the button labeled "2" with the "ibmser.device"
used as the new serial device would substitute unit 2 (COM3) of the 
"ibmser.device in place of the internal serial port for that task only.
Redirection to the new device is for each task independently. IOwedge 
would pop up another window if another task attempts to use the internal
port again. 

Note:  Copying data from the CLI to SER:, PAR:, or PRT: will also 
cause IOWedge to pop up a window to redirect the data.

Note:  Due to the strange way that the Workbench "PRT:" device works,
you will probably have to answer the IOWedge requester at least twice 
before printing is redirected.  This is normal, and there is no way to 
change IOWedge to fix it without an official change in the operation of
the PRT: device.

To get the above usage information at any time, just type "IOWedge"
with no arguments.  Insert the alternate serial or parallel driver 
you want to use into the spot shown as "newserial.device" or 
"newparallel.device". 

Example:  To redirect normal serial port information to the 
"ibmser.device" enter:

IOWedge serial "ibmser.device"


To deactivate IOWedge and remove it from memory type "IOWedge quit".