address a port

[Tim Roberts]

python473 at yahoo.com (John Howard) wrote:
>
>This is great. But what about win 98, win 95, xp, 2000?

For the 16-bit systems (Win98 and Win95), you can use the VERY handy
ctypes.py module to call the inp/inpw/inpd/outp/outpw/outpd APIs in
MSVCRT.DLL.

For the NT-based systems (Win2K and WinXP), a user-mode process is not
allowed to access I/O ports unassisted, regardless of the language.  You
need the help of a kernel driver.

This is usually a bad idea.  What are you trying to do?
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- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.