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From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: CON: <==> RAW: ... How?!?
Message-ID: <0391.AA0391@starsoft.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 90 10:58:34 GMT
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>One problem I have been trying to solve since I got my Amiga
>is how to get a window into raw mode WITHOUT opening a new
>window.  I read in my AmigaDOS manual that there was an
>"action packet type" which would do this, new to 1.2, but
>after an afternoon fighting with it (since I have little
>idea about packets, nor to where I was sending them), all I
>managed to do was give gomf a workout :-) .  I
>was also told that there was a library routine in 1.3 that
>would do this, but not having 1.3 includes, I couldn't
>really go hunting for it.  How can this be done???
>
>If possible, send C or assembly source.
>Thanks in advance... JA.
The Manx C compiler has a function call to do this.

If you don't have Manx, check out the source to UUCP. There is a routine
for the anews code that does this.

>
>  //\|_||\|	John D. Aycock		aycock@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
>\/ \/| || |	(403) 285-8727          john@blarg.enme.ucalgary.ca

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