Date   : Mon, 01 Jun 1992 19:03:57 +0100
From   : "Mik Davis" <davism@...>
Subject: Re: Comms program

 >      
 >      On Thursday May 28, 1992 aralph@... wrote:
 >      
 >      >>Question for all: is the allocation inside page &300 the same in
all Acorn-
 >      >>eight-bit machines?
 >      
 >      >In a word, no. Here's the list of differences, taken from the 'Advanced
 >      >Reference Manual for the Master 128' :
 >      
 >      >       Model B & B+                    Master 128
 >      [...]
 >      
 >      Thanks a lot. I do indeed use some of these locations, so i'll have
to add a
 >      check for the Master. Because of this, the program will be slower
on such a
 >      machine, since i can't poke into the VDU system directly anymore,
and i'll
 >      have to fall back on making 128 VDU 23's... Or is there a way to
stuff the
 >      data into the right location without going through the VDU handler?
 >      My program runs in sideways RAM, so it may be difficult.
 >      
 >      Do you know how to check if your program is running on a Master?
The INKEY
 >      call should return a unique value. Do you know what it is on a Master?
 >      
 >      Greetings,

  I think the value for a master is 256 but I'm certainly not convinced about 
this


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