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Does anybody know why reading a byte from debug (using "i") through DOS produces a different value than reading a byte by using _inp() from <conio.h> from MS VC++? In both cases, you have to specify a hex. address. I am assuming by specifying the same hex address, I should have received the same memory content. But In my case, I am getting two different values. Why is that? Am I comparing apples to oranges in terms of memory location?
What's your C++ code?
You might put a byte into a 16 or 32 bit word, and print the entire word. But
hard to tell without your code.
Let's say the code is something simple:
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf(" [%2x] ",_inp(0x378));
return 0;
}
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If you try to run this under MS VC++, which is what I'm using, you're going to get "The exception Priviledge instruction. (0xc0000096) occured in the application at location 0x004010f7." So anyway, you can use a program from this link to help you get around that problem: http://www.beyondlogic.org/porttalk/porttalk.htm. Once you have gotten around that problem, you should be able to print out the memory content in 0x378. (after your program is compiled, run the .exe file) Now compare that to the memory content in 0x378 by means of using the debug program in DOS. (use "i" then the port address). You should see the discrepancy. My guess is, somehow MS VC++ is working with offsets. But that is just a guess.
i dont really know, but perhaps _inp() is reading 32 bites, as windows is a 32 bit system, but debug is reading only 16 cause dos only a 16bit system?