Date:	Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:28:57 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Passing a parameter to interrupt handler.
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Gene Buckle wrote:

> The allocation of DOS memory would be the way to go.  This handler is
> going to be hit hundreds (if not thousands) of times per second.  A disk
> file would make it equal to Win95 in performance. ;)

No, that's not what I meant.  I meant to suggest the file (or an
environment variable) as the means to pass the *address* of the memory
block which is serving as the communications channel. 

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