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From: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Free RAM locations, anywhere?
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Date: Wed, 13-May-87 18:45:05 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 13 18:45:05 1987
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Reply-To: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
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In article <993@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, Moshe Braner, asks for
a way to communicate information between utilities.  There are
two methods that come to mind:

The AES functions scrp_read and scrp_write allow you to pass the name
of a directory (which contains "scrap" files) between two applications.
They are described in the MWC V2.0 documentation.

There are undocumented AES functions to read and write a buffer
that appears to contain the contents of desktop.inf.  I discovered
them by decompiling the VT52 desk accessory.  They are called
as follows:
	shel_get(buffer, sizeof buffer);
	shel_put(buffer, sizeof buffer);
I *suppose* you could tack your information onto the end of the data
you get, but I wouldn't want to have to discuss this with your lawyer.
(I.e., it's free advice, and worth what you paid for it.) The VT52
accessory uses a 128 byte buffer.

Martin Minow
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