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From: moran@yale.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Looking for C functions to access PC memory
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Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 18:44:04 EST
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From personal experience, when doing things like getting at ports
(i.e. doing modem control stuff), it's better to use assembly
language, and interrupts than to try to munge it out in C.
			  
			  William L. Moran Jr.
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