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Re: SE with Dark Castle & SmartAlarms

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From: dwb
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1987 11:41
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In article <2911@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) writes:
>Somewhere there's a PD program that pre-allocates the alternate screen
>buffer (so it will be there later) BEFORE other programs steal the
>memory.
	Unfortunately, the way Dark Castle goes about find out if the
	alternate screen buffer is available doesn't take that into
	account.  Ie., Dark Castle still won't work, even with it
	installed.  My solution, obnoxious though it may be is to
	just run it off of a floopy.

	David
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	David W. Berry
	dwb@well.uucp                   dwb@Delphi
	dwb@GEnie                       293-0752@408.MaBell
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Subject: Re: SE with Dark Castle & SmartAlarms
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Date: Sun, 29-Mar-87 06:41:46 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 29 06:41:46 1987
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