Cool :)  If you want any assistance, I'm a coder!
Also got this info. from Mr. Tait himself!.. (see end of message)


-Kieren



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"I just use inp/outp functions as you have described.  However,
"giveio.sys" must be invoked before any I/O can be performed.  There's
an example of what needs to be done in the zip file containing
"giveio.sys".  Here's the fragment of code I use in FPP:

static int giveio(void)
{
#ifdef __WIN32__
    HANDLE h = CreateFile("\\\\.\\giveio", GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL,
                                OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
NULL);

    if(h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
         CloseHandle(h);
         return 1;
    }
#endif
    return 0;
}

I call this when FPP starts up.  Basically all "giveio.sys" does is tell
the OS that the program has permission to fiddle with all I/O ports."

:)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wouter van Ooijen" <wf@XS4ALL.NL>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: My latest woes! (programming)


> > can't do that!  There's a comment says "will work on NT-based
> > systems with
> > correct driver".. What driver would work?
>
> I am working on a win2k system right now and to my surprise wisp.exe
> works without using any special drivers, but it is terribly slow (think
> 2 minutes to program 1 K code). I am working on a portable (windows +
> linux) version of the host software, should be ready in a few days.
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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