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From: braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner)
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Subject: Free RAM locations, anywhere?
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Date: Wed, 13-May-87 00:02:11 EDT
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This may be naive (or heretical) but is there any area in the ST RAM space
that is "unused" and could be used for temporary communication between
utilities, etc?  I know that you can Ptermres() and so on, and that you
should not put utilities into "free" areas (like $300 on the good ol' Apple II)
since the moment you overlay _two_ utilities you're in trouble.  But it
would still be handy to have a few bytes at a known absolute location for
end-user use...  Are there?  (Yeah, I know, there are "environment variables"
-can somebody explain those?  Is there any real standard on how they are
used?)

- Moshe Braner