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From: woju@mist.sub.org (Wolfgang Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: How does one relocate the Mouse ptr
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Date: 22 Dec 90 13:27:00 GMT
References: <DOMEN.90Dec20142927@wiener.crin.fr> <9577@ncar.ucar.edu> <1990Dec20.100134.21871@qut.edu.au>
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In <DOMEN.90Dec20142927@wiener.crin.fr>, Eric Domenjoud writes:
-<In article <1990Dec20.100134.21871@qut.edu.au> zseelunnon@qut.edu.au writes:
-<
-<Using the vex_motv  function is actually  not really ok.  If the mouse
-<moves while this function is changing the vector,  then the ST crashes
-<(at  least with TOS  1.0). One should prevent  the  mouse to  move  by
-<setting the system variable which says  wether the keyboard interrupts
-<must be  handled or not. Unfortunately, I  can't remember the location
-<of this variable.
-<

Just say the keyboard cpu to suspend the sending of mousepackets..
just send him : $12  after finishing your work, just send him $0D
that should work !


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