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Article #43Re: Another OS/8 trivia question
From: Kerry Kurasaki
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:13
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:13
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In article <1992Oct13.032611.7348@tigger.jvnc.net> johnson@tigger.jvnc.net (Steven L. Johnson) writes: > >>Anyone know how OS/8 knows if batch is running? That is, how does >>KMON know to get stuff from the file instead of the keyboard? > >By looking at location 7777 in field 0. Actually I knew it >was someplace in the last few words of field 0, but had to look >it up to remember which one. > And the bonus question: What should the value be at that location and what is the significance of that value? Gee, you guys ARE good!
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Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp8 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!rtech!ingres!kerry From: kerry@Ingres.COM (Kerry Kurasaki) Subject: Re: Another OS/8 trivia question Message-ID: <1992Oct13.171324.3141@pony.Ingres.COM> Reply-To: kerry@Ingres.COM (Kerry Kurasaki) Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501 References: <1992Oct12.182840.22117@pony.Ingres.COM> <1992Oct13.032611.7348@tigger.jvnc.net> Date: 13 Oct 92 17:13:24 GMT Lines: 16