Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ihnp4!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Using Software Interrupts for Menu Handling Message-ID: <4080@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 88 16:35:27 GMT References: <8806212054.AA00815@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 12 In article <8806212054.AA00815@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > CLOSEing the file handle would probably crash the machine! In >fact, sending any DOS packet from a software interrupt might crash the >machine because DOS can only handle waiting for one response at a time >(because it expects the returned packet to be the first msg on the port). Unless you install a pr_PacketWait handler.... However, I've never heard of anyone doing this, though it should work. Figuring out what you should do will be the interesting part. I wouldn't advise trying to write such a beast in anything but asm. Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|ihnp4|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup