OPEN (Communications) Statement Programming Example
 
The following program fragment opens communications channel 1 in
random-access mode at a speed of 9600 baud, no parity bit, eight data
bits, and one stop bit. Input/output will be in the binary mode.
Other lines in the program can now access channel 1 as file number 2.
 
OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1,BIN" AS 2