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Re: tos 1.4 problem?

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From: Allan Pratt
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 20:37
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ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko) writes:
>		Fwrite (wHandle, 0x20000L, (char *)0xC00000L);

Sorry, guy, the ST can only DMA from ST memory.  You can't do DMA from
ROM, either.  You'll have to copy from the special memory to real
memory, then write that to disk.  If you're using Fwrite it can't be
that time critical...

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Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt
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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
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Subject: Re: tos 1.4 problem?
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Date: 29 Nov 89 20:37:04 GMT
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