Single-char input for Ada

Single-char input for Ada

[Rick Conn]

To add to the current discussion, this package, now in the ASR,
is a superset of the single-character C function recently discussed.
It supports single-char for PCs (Meridian Ada), UNIX (most Adas, altho
I tested it only using Verdix), and VAX (DEC Ada).

Rick Conn

Ada Software Repository Release Notice
Release of: Single-char input to Ada
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1. Taxonomy:
    COMPONENTS
        INPUT/OUTPUT
            SINGLE-CHARACTER WITHOUT RETURN KEY
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2. Author:
    John Herro et al
    Software Innovations Technology
    1083 Mandarin Drive NE
    Palm Bay, FL  32905-4706
    407/951-0233
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3. Rights:
    Released to Ada Community
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4. Abstract:
Package CUSTOM_IO provides low-level I/O facilities, particularly
single-character input without the requirement for pressing the
RETURN or ENTER key.  The ability to set display colors for ANSI
devices is included.

This package is a part of the large ADA_TUTR offering, which is a
CBT course in Ada that was written in Ada.

Package CUSTOM_IO has been demonstrated to work on a variety of
UNIX-hosted Ada compilers, DEC VAX using DEC Ada, and the IBM PC
using Meridian Ada.
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5. Directory Listing:
Directory   PD2:<ADA.COMPONENTS>
     File Name      Bytes    Lines 
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  CUSTIO.PRO           2548      55
  CUSTIO.SRC          18449     430
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    2 Files           20997     485
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