Python commands

[Oren Tirosh]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 02:37:26PM +1000, Paul Dexter wrote:
>     Hi all,
>                 I have just discovered Python and I was wondering if anyone
> could help me find an equivalent command in Python for the "OUT" and "INP"
> commands in Qbasic. I wish to convert a Qbasic program to Python.
>     The following snippet is an example of the task I wish to perform;
> 
> base0 = &H378:
> 
> interface:
> OUT base0, &HA0
> OUT base0, &H80
> OUT base0 + 2, &H8
> 
> V = (INP(base0 + 1) AND &H10) * &H8
> 
>     The base address is 378 (lpt) and the "interface" subroutine outputs
> data to the port (378) and "V" is the input data statement I have used. I
> also use the "GETKEY", "LOCATE" and "DRAW" commands in Qbasic
> 
>     Does anyone know how to perform the same tasks/commands in Python or are
> they even available. I have come across other Basic computer language
> variations that do not support the commands I require.
> 
>     Thankyou for any help,

Direct access to I/O ports is usually reserved for device drivers. 

You can try WinIO from http://www.internals.com - it's a library that 
installs a driver to let you poke your hardware directly from user mode.
You can call this library from Python using calldll, ctypes, SWIG and 
similar tools.

    Oren