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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS
Message-ID: <2637@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk>
Date: 14 Jun 89 07:44:35 GMT
References: <8906090105.AA10969@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1550@atari.UUCP>
Reply-To: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland
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In article <1550@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
>NEVER NEVER NEVER use an absolute address like $FC0000 because if we
>ever move the ROM start address (HINT HINT) your program won't work! The
>only absolute addresses in any TOS program should refer to published
>system variables or hardware things like interrupt vectors. 

WAIT!
Your not thinking of moving the I/O addresses are you?
If you do that would be disasterous!

"HINT HINT" - GDOS in the ROM? Address space >192K?
Upgrades for existing ST's?

>============================================
>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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