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,ef5a6044185c922d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-25 13:52:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!195.86.7.162!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!194.6.79.69.MISMATCH!peernews!peer.cwci.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3C7AAA8B.6020507@users.sf.net> Subject: Re: Device driver in Ada95 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:53:51 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.253.13.105 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 1014673961 62.253.13.105 (Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:52:41 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:52:41 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20400 Date: 2002-02-25T21:53:51+00:00 List-Id: > My next step is to start to write device drivers in Ada95 using this > same setup, so as to have as useable os sooner or later. As my first > try, I decided to create a small vga driver for text mode. This > requires that I write in memory from 0xB8000 to 0xB8A9F. > Now, could any of you indicate how I'm supposed to do that as properly > as possible using only Ada95? Try Serge Robyns code at http://web.wanadoo.be/rc.s/AdaOS/. It contains code for writing to 16#b8000# as well as a host of other things. Chris