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From: mambuhl AT ripco DOT com (Martin Ambuhl)
Subject: Replacement for inp() and
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sl323 AT city DOT ac DOT uk (Mark Lewis)
in <1995Jun28 DOT 135748 DOT 8772 AT city DOT ac DOT uk> asks:

>Borland and/or Miccysoft C define the I/O functions inp() and outp().  Being
>primarily a UNIX developer, and certainly not a user of Borland or Miccysoft
>C, I'm not familiar with these functions.  DJGPP defines 3 similar functions
>in libpc.a (namely inportb(), inportw(), inportl(), along with their
>respective output equivalents).  Which of these functions should be used to
>accurately duplicate the function of inp() and outp() ?

int inp(unsigned portid) and int outp(unsigned portid) read/write bytes:
unsigned char inportb(int portid)
unsigned char outportb(int portid)

note the difference in the prototypes.

                                                                       
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