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Re: RAM resident utilities, TRAPs from TRAPs

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From: Landon Dyer
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1986 21:24
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> 	In the current ROM TOS version of the Alt-Help screen dump,
> the UA stored at $502 is called to actually do the screen dump. You
> may install your own UA there.   But the exception handler saves
> all registers except A7 (15 registers) on the stack, then calls a
> subroutine which in turn calls ($502) as a subroutine.  What it all
> adds up to is that the needed check is now:
> 
> 	BTST	#5,68(A7)
> 
> Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.


Yes.  Don't do it.

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-Landon Dyer, Atari Corp.		        {sun,lll-lcc,imagen}!atari!dyer

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Subject: Re: RAM resident utilities, TRAPs from TRAPs
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Date: Tue, 11-Nov-86 16:24:47 EST
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