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Re: Res Changing (really terminate handler)

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From: Allan Pratt
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1989 01:18
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neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) writes:
> [Bulk of question deleted.]
>So we put in a terminate handler at vector 0x102 [...]
>Can we call the XBIOS safely from here?

Yes.  I wrote an off-the-cuff article "all about terminate handlers" 
on GEnie, then asked John Townsend to post it here.  I don't know if he
has, but among other things, it says you can make BIOS and XBIOS calls
but not GEMDOS calls.

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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
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Subject: Re: Res Changing (really terminate handler)
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