From: tvaus@sympatico.ca   
      
   I have made in the past a bunch of VB apps   
   to test hardware. They work and some call   
   functions written in C++ (dll calls).   
      
   I need to make a quick, dirty and cheap   
   console app to access a PCI device.   
   There is a program available to enumerate   
   PCI devices and give the address of the   
   registers assigned during the POST of the PC.   
   That info can be a manual input at program   
   execution.   
      
   What is the best way to program a pointer to   
   allow access to the desired memory space.   
   I know that VB does not support pointers   
   outright, but I recall there is a way to bypass   
   this issue. I forget how.   
      
   What is the best way to proceed?   
   Should I consider using C or C++   
   instead? I would prefer a VB user   
   interface because it is simpler to make.   
      
   The C++ guys have yet to make the   
   driver for hardware access. I can not   
   wait. The code is due for next week.   
      
   Tom.   
      
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