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.
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970122001709.8019B-100000@web.wa.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970122132711.101E-100000@is>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII


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.