- - The reality. Was: Hardware and DLLinterfacing in BlackBox

From: [at]} <skulski{>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 18:15:09 -0500 (EST)

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>[Opal] Unfortunately, the source is
> copyrighted, but, -- who knows? The Files module lacks such
> amenities as WriteInt, etc., but that too can be remedied easily,
> I think. I have to be very, careful here, not to get myself into
> something. :-) BB really lacks simple console I/O, and this
> could be very useful.

How about the Oberon System source code? If I am not mistaken,
it too had the WriteInt stuff. I mean both Oberon System V4
or System-3, because all the low-level modules were
either the same or very close in both versions.
Porting from Oberon System to BB may look like a far shot,
but I remember there was lots of stuff that was copyrighted
by ETH or University Linz and I do not think there would be restrictions.

I actually took the Oberon System code for writing integers
with a mild compression and put it into my GrArrays.

There was a module for serial communication under System-3 that looked
like a terminal console.

On the other hand, why would you need a console to begin with?

W.

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