From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9b346ee85d1aa69a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-21 23:46:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!news000.worldonline.se!news010.worldonline.se!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C4D1913.F69355EE@mida.se> From: Mats Karlssohn Organization: MIDA Systemutveckling AB X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Accessing I/O Ports in Windows NT/2000 References: <3C45FC6C.2030208@mail1.monmouth.army.mil> <4519e058.0201170735.c5ff137@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:47:31 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.204.138.234 X-Trace: news010.worldonline.se 1011685445 213.204.138.234 (Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:44:05 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:44:05 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19165 Date: 2002-01-22T08:47:31+01:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > Jeffrey Glenn wrote in message news:<3C45FC6C.2030208@mail1.monmouth.army.mil>... %< > > Does anyone know of an Ada solution to accessing I/O ports on Windows > > NT/2000? > > This isn't a language issue, its an OS issue. What you need to figure > out is how to write a device driver for NT-class OS's. Anything you > learn about that can be translated into Ada quite easily. > > Good places to get started are the Microsoft DDK website %< I'd add: ISBN 0-201-69590-1 "Edward N. Dekker, Joseph M. Newcomer Developing Windows NT Device Drivers" to the list... it has proven to be a very good starting point. -- Mats Karlssohn, developer mailto:mats@mida.se Mida Systemutveckling AB http://www.mida.se Box 64, S-732 22 ARBOGA, SWEDEN Phone: +46-(0)589-89808 Fax: +46-(0)589-89809