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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Path: EU.net!sun4nl!hguijt
- From: hguijt@inter.NL.net (Hans Guijt)
- Subject: Re: Amiga Memory Map Needed!!!
- Message-ID: <DLE6rr.748@inter.NL.net>
- Organization: NLnet
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- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 19:43:02 GMT
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- Dennis Lee Bieber (wulfraed@kd6mog.netcom.com) wrote:
- >In article <DLAAA2.39F@inter.NL.net> hguijt@inter.NL.net (Hans Guijt)
- >writes:
- > > matters more interesting the BIOS is also located at variable addresses
- >on
- > > different Amiga's. In fact, the only thing you can be sure of is address
- >4,
- > > which contains the pointer to the BIOS.
- > >
- > Technically, the Amiga doesn't have a BIOS (Basic Input/Output
- >System). The pointer points to the base of the EXEC library; EXEC has no
- >"I/O" functions -- other than RAM based message passing. No keyboard, no
- >display, no disk functions... All those are handled by other libraries --
- >EXEC providing the function to access those libraries.
-
- You are of course aware I was joking about the BIOS bit, right? I mean, it
- wouldn't do to see my reputation splattered like this...
-
- Honest, I only did it because he said 'C64' first! ;-)
-
- > Yes, the disk, keyboard/mouse, and display functions are in ROM, but
- >they are not part of EXEC. A surprise to those used to MS-DOS/Windows --
- >even
- >the opening console in the Amiga is a GRAPHICS display; there is no true
- >text
- >display.
-
- Bless us!
-
-
- Bye,
-
- Hans
-
-