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Bconout()                                                              BIOS

Syntax

LONG Bconout( dev, ch )
WORD dev, ch;

Function      Bconout() outputs a character to a named device.

Opcode        3 (0x03)

Availability  All TOS versions.

Parameters    dev specifies the output device as follows:

              Name           dev  Device

              DEV_PRINTER     0   Parallel port

              DEV_AUX         1   Auxillary device (see note under
                                  Bconin() )

              DEV_CONSOLE     2   Console device (screen)

              DEV_MIDI        3   MIDI port

              DEV_IKBD        4   Keyboard (IKBD)

              DEV_RAW         5   Raw screen device (control characters
                                  and escapes are not processed)

              See Overview    6-  Additional devices (as available)

Binding       move.w   ch,-(sp)
              move.w   dev,-(sp)
              move.w   #$03,-(sp)
              trap     #13
              addq.l   #6,sp

Return Value  Bconout() returns 0 if the character was sent successfully
              or non-zero otherwise.

See Also      Bconin(), Cconout(), Cauxout(), Cprnout(), Bcostat()