From e88592771ecc531dbef2c00e0a19843f13f0e85b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "David A. Mellis" <d.mellis@arduino.cc>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:28:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Removing attempt to flush the incoming serial data when
 opening the port, since it didn't seem to work.

---
 app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java b/app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java
index 8482ae15d..99b8c00b0 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/SerialMonitor.java
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ public class SerialMonitor extends JFrame implements MessageConsumer {
     try {
       statusLabel.setText("opening...");
       serial = new Serial(port, serialRate);
-      while (serial.available() > 0) serial.read();
       serial.addListener(this);
       statusLabel.setText("");
     } catch (SerialException e) {