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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d717636baa601a7c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-11 06:02:51 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-east!supernews.com!news-feed.riddles.org.uk!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!newsfeeds.bigpond.com!not-for-mail From: "version_x" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <39BCD5ED.64FA0BB9@telepath.com> Subject: Re: Ada question X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:13:32 +0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 139.134.149.236 X-Trace: newsfeeds.bigpond.com 968676789 139.134.149.236 (Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:53:09 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:53:09 EST Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com) Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:586 Date: 2000-09-11T21:13:32+08:00 List-Id: > >A good first question is, "does my OS allow me to send data directly to the >printer port's registers?" If you don't know the answer to that one, go ask >it first in a newsgroup appropriate to your OS. > ok so i'll be using both linux and win98 and i know both are capable of sending data to the parallel port registers. >If you know the answer to be yes, then the next question would be, how is >this typically done under your OS? > i've seen examples of code from both os's using asmembly language to address the register directly, and since there's a previous answer here regarding asm code inserted into ada using Machine_Operations_386 i'm guessing the overall answer would be yes. well seems i did know the answer in the first place, just had to think. rees