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Subject: Re: Bytes per character (was Re: An OS in Ada, why not RTEMS ?)
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Date: 2002-04-29T17:51:48-05:00

Hi, 

>That's not the same as defining the storage element to 
>be 16bits.

... and doesn't that illustrate why using storage elements
to write to VGA screens is probably inappropriate within the
context of the original example ?

>with System; use System;
>with System.Storage_Elements; use System.Storage_Elements;
>procedure Hello is
>  Char : Character;
>  for Char'Address use To_Address (16#B8000#);
>begin
>  Char := 'H';
>end Hello;


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