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Griz803 · Feb 22nd, 2005, 3:39 PM

You gave a lot of information, but I didn't see any indication of what OS you are currently trying to compile under. It sounded to me like a Win32 console vs. machines running other sort of thing. While console applications compiled under Windows(some flavor) use windows calls and routines to act like a DOS program, they aren't and never will be. For your purposes, I'd recommend one of two fixes. Either download Borland Turbo C/C++ from the Borland museum web site and use genuine DOS with the older machines to compile a program OR use Linux and the native gcc compiler to do it. Porting the code across the older flavor machines shouldn't be a big deal in either case. I have written similar code for other purposes in Borland before and would direct you toward the inport and outport functions and their closely named relatives. Hope this helps, Griz

Feb 22nd, 2005, 3:39 PM	#3
Griz803 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Somewhere in them thar hills Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	Well..er..hmmm.. You gave a lot of information, but I didn't see any indication of what OS you are currently trying to compile under. It sounded to me like a Win32 console vs. machines running other sort of thing. While console applications compiled under Windows(some flavor) use windows calls and routines to act like a DOS program, they aren't and never will be. For your purposes, I'd recommend one of two fixes. Either download Borland Turbo C/C++ from the Borland museum web site and use genuine DOS with the older machines to compile a program OR use Linux and the native gcc compiler to do it. Porting the code across the older flavor machines shouldn't be a big deal in either case. I have written similar code for other purposes in Borland before and would direct you toward the inport and outport functions and their closely named relatives. Hope this helps, Griz __________________ /* Bad command or filename --- go stand in the corner */