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From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Resident modules
Message-ID: <7165@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 89 20:55:32 GMT
References: <0903.AA0903@recondo> <1380@rivm05.UUCP> <SHADOW.89Jun16180537@daniel.pawl.rpi.edu> <0935.AA0935@recondo>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <0935.AA0935@recondo> sirius@recondo.UUCP (Mike Stilson) writes:
>>>About the WarmCapture, it is never called !! (probably reserved for
>>>use in future releases, or whatever)
...
>My guess is that AmigaDOS is stopping WarmCapture from being run.  I
>see several possibilitie.  One, when the resident module for DOS
>executes, it does not return.  This seems unlikely, as it would keep
>subsequent resident modules in the chain from initializing.  However,
>AmigaDOS harbors some serious brain-damage, so I wouldn't put it past
>it.
[ a couple other ideas]

	Well, AmigaDOS does stop warmcapture from being called, by starting
the initial CLI process, then doing a RemTask(0) from the DOS resident
init code (running on exec's initial task).

	Don't count on this, folks: it may change in 1.4.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup