Direct memory addressing

[polygong]

Is there a way to access specific addresses, for example, setting output bits on the parallel port? Would it involve the use of I/O streams or is there a direct way of doing it (kindof like Assembly code OUT AAAA,DDDD?

 

[ArkM]

You may use reinterpret_cast<any*>(int) to obtain a pointer from an integer. But modern Windows have forbidden your application to access hardware i/o ports via that pointer (except from driver level)...