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On 2/3/11 6:52 AM, Syntax Issues wrote:
> I am planning to start learning lower-level programming with ada,
> however, I was unable to find a solid tutorial on writing directly to
> a memory address or interfacing with assembly. Does anyone know where
> I can find a reference to some tutorials/information? Below is an
> example of code I would like to be able to implement.

Keywords include the 'Address attribute, representations (LRM 13.3),
possibly address-to-access conversions, some details from Annex C;
many text books on Ada 95 and later will explain.  A compiler
will explain how it supports machine code insertions on a given
platform.

The tutorial "Accessing memory as a string" by Robert Dewar
might be useful.

The Ada archives should, I think, have examples of writing to
DOS's video buffer.