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Article #3617Re: CON: <==> RAW: ... How?!?
From: Dave Lowrey
Date: Fri, 25 May 1990 10:58
Date: Fri, 25 May 1990 10:58
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>One problem I have been trying to solve since I got my Amiga
>is how to get a window into raw mode WITHOUT opening a new
>window. I read in my AmigaDOS manual that there was an
>"action packet type" which would do this, new to 1.2, but
>after an afternoon fighting with it (since I have little
>idea about packets, nor to where I was sending them), all I
>managed to do was give gomf a workout :-) . I
>was also told that there was a library routine in 1.3 that
>would do this, but not having 1.3 includes, I couldn't
>really go hunting for it. How can this be done???
>
>If possible, send C or assembly source.
>Thanks in advance... JA.
The Manx C compiler has a function call to do this.
If you don't have Manx, check out the source to UUCP. There is a routine
for the anews code that does this.
>
> //\|_||\| John D. Aycock aycock@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
>\/ \/| || | (403) 285-8727 john@blarg.enme.ucalgary.ca
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