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,c72b93d85d765332 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-10 13:58:52 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <4XxK6.1081$bi2.83068@www.newsranger.com> Subject: Re: Ada and Hardware X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 21:54:24 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.121.42 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 989528025 213.104.121.42 (Thu, 10 May 2001 21:53:45 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 21:53:45 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7510 Date: 2001-05-10T21:54:24+01:00 List-Id: "Jerry van Dijk" wrote in message news:u8zk5nfck.fsf@attglobal.net... > > "chris.danx" writes: > > > tried to write a binding to Conio (i didn't know about Jerry Van Dijks! Where's > > the new site i lost the link?) > > See signature :-) > > BTW: I might be a bit dense, > but I don't see what your problem is. If you > want to high-level format a floppy to your own filesystem from your > development machine, use the BIOS functions with the DOS compiler or the > DeviceIOControl functions with the windows compiler. I didn't know about the DeviceIOControl functions before but i do now. I'll probably try doing it this way. Thanks for the link to the new site Jerry. It's been bookmarked! Chris Campbell