UC.BRI%DEEP-THOUGHT@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Brian Totty) (04/12/86)
Does anyone know if there are any quirks in Settime(t)? I passed in a time/date encoded long and the time didn't seem to change. I then dumped the long into binary, and it looked like the correct format. Is there anything else I need to do? (I am doing this from GEM, if this causes a problem) Also, how does the AUTO directory work? Does it run the first program it finds, or all programs? What about non-executable programs? Do GEM programs run? If I put in a GEM program and a resource file will the program run? Thanks, --- Bri -------
franco@iuvax.UUCP (04/14/86)
I got this note from Jim Tittsler which should answer the AUTO question. From: inuxc!ihnp4!lll-lcc!vecpyr!atari!jwt (Jim Tittsler) Date: 11 Apr 1986 10:56-PST Subject: .prgs in \AUTO To: inuxc!iubugs!iuvax!franco Message-Id: <513629794/jwt@Beauty> Status: RO Well... firstly, whether or not TOS is in ROM should not affect what runs. Have you found something to refute that? Anyway, GEM has not yet been initialized (and the desktop not yet built) so programs should avoid doing GEM calls. The display driver exists, so VDI and LINEA calls are legal. AUTO is particularly handy for things that do "Terminate and Stay Resident" calls like device drivers (RAMDisks, the hard disk driver, the CD-ROM driver, OS hacks, etc.). All programs in AUTO will be run (at least an attempt will be made)