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Article #10244Re: Proposal for new DOS calls
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1988 12:21
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1988 12:21
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In article <cXRn5Ey00UkaITS7RF@andrew.cmu.edu>, bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) writes: > peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > > The SetXSignal functions are redundant if you do your own packet handling > > and provide your own message ports. > I think the idea is to make the functionality available *simply*! This is what Matt has started to do with his xio stuff, a set of routines that give pretty clean asynchronous access to the current DOS calls and allow you to implement "select()" (or poll() or whatever) without changing the existing DOS software. He uses them in his terminal program, DTerm... another Dillon product I recommend highly. -- Peter da Silva `-_-' peter@sugar.uu.net Have you hugged U your wolf today? Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn business.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!killer!texbell!tness1!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Proposal for new DOS calls Message-ID: <2972@sugar.uu.net> Date: 9 Nov 88 12:21:22 GMT References: <8811072046.AA04999@postgres.Berkeley.EDU>, <cXRn5Ey00UkaITS7RF@andrew.cmu.edu> Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX Lines: 17