Serial port (NASM)

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Omri
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Serial port (NASM)

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Hi,

I started developing my own OS (That now look's like a simple dos program),
and i want to use the serial port, how can i read values from it? (to know which button is down or up)

this is the port: (DE-9)
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thanx. :wink:
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Re: Serial port (NASM)

Post by Brendan »

Hi,
Omri wrote:I started developing my own OS (That now look's like a simple dos program),
and i want to use the serial port, how can i read values from it? (to know which button is down or up)
A serial port doesn't have any buttons.

For more information on programming the serial port, you could try the OSDev wiki page.


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Brendan
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