steelie@pro-charlotte.cts.com (Jim Howard) (12/02/88)
Im working on a little low level drive access, using the exec.library
SendIo routine to access the disk drive, and read a few tracks
into memory.. The only problem is, when I use SendIo with my request
block, I have to use WaitIO in conjunction, to make sure my program
doesnt trample all over itself.. On the other hand, I could just
use DoIo, but it doesnt work any better in this case either... Anyway,
here's a short listing of what Im doing.. (pardon my assembly) :-)
movea.l 4,a6 ;execbase
lea diskio,a1 ;address of our IoRequestblock
move.l #reply,14(a1) ;pointer for reply messages?
clr.l d0 ;unit # (0 for df0:, 1 for df1:)
clr.l d1 ;flags.. none
lea tdevice,a0 ;location of text name for device
jsr -444(a6) ;_LVOOpenDevice (trackdisk.device)
movea.l 4,a6 ;execbase, of course
lea diskio,a1 ;now, point to our IoRequestblock
move #2,28(a1) ;command RW_READ
move.l #4*512*11*2,36(a1) ;length of data (4 tracks)
move.l #$40000,40(a1) ;buffer for data
move.l #0,44(a1) ;Offset for start of read in bytes
jsr -462(a6) ;_LVOSendIo (read it in!)
movea.l 4,a5 ;execbase
lea diskio,a1 ;pointer to request
jsr -474(a6) ;_LVOWaitIo (wait for disk)
movea.l 4,a6 ;execbase
lea diskio,a1 ;pointer to request
jsr -450(a6) ;close the trackdisk.device
rts
diskio
ds.l 20
reply
ds.l 8
tdevice
dc.b 'trackdisk.device',0
cnop 0,2
Now, the problem lies that the WaitIo routine never returns.. I assume
it is because the SendIo routine never completes itself.. But I cannot
for the life of me find out why it wont finish.. I can even hear
the disk heads step 4 times, as it is reading the data, and I can
reboot the machine and look in the memory where I sent the data, and
it made it through ok. But the #@!#!^ SendIo routine never
finishes!
What could possibly be causing this? Also, I TRIED using DoIo instead
of SendIo, but the only thing that does, is the DoIo routine
never finishes its task, and therefore (unlike SendIo) doesnt let
me program continue..
Thanks,
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INET: steelie@pro-charlotte.cts.com | Log in as "register"bmacintyre@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) (05/23/89)
In article <31453@sri-unix.SRI.COM> paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) writes: >Why should you have to specify the full pathname if the file name with >the colon is within double quotes. It seems to me that anything within >double quotes should not be interpreted. Unfortunately, that's not >what happens. If you can't put device names in quotation marks then how would you specify a device name with a space in it? Or, a full path name with a space somewhere in it? dh1:"bills car" No, I think the quote should be around the whole thing ... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-///-= = Blair MacIntyre, bmacintyre@watcgl.{waterloo.edu, UWaterloo.ca} \\\/// = = now appearing at the Computer Graphics Lab, U of Waterloo! \XX/ = = "Don't be mean ... remember, no matter where you go, there you are." BBanzai=
ecarroll@csvax1.cs.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll) (05/24/89)
In article <31453@sri-unix.SRI.COM>, paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) writes: > In article <DEVEN.89May17124740@daniel.rpi.edu> deven@rpi.edu (Deven Corzine) > writes: > ->Certainly. Allow colons in filenames. So you just have to specify a > ->full pathname is all. Besides, disallowing colons in filenames would > ->make it difficult for such devices as PATH:... > > Why should you have to specify the full pathname if the file name with > the colon is within double quotes. It seems to me that anything within > double quotes should not be interpreted. Unfortunately, that's not > what happens. Well, if you don't interpret things in quotes, how do you do something like "CON:0/0/640/200/CLI Window"? You need the quotes so you can include spaces in the window title, but now you're saying that this should be treated as a normal file, relative to the current directory? You can't have it both ways! I think the present situation is fine. I'm still curious as to how the original poster got a colon in the filename though - I've tried various combinations using the device name with no success. On the subject of devices, is anyone working on a ZOO: device which would let you CD to a Zoo Archive, DIR the contents and then read or execute various files within it just as if they were uncompressed. Writing wouldn't need to be implemented, only retrieval. I'd find this really useful. Of course, you'd need to allow colons to appear more than once in a device name for this to work (DIR ZOO:DF0:FRED.ZOO) :-) Eddy -- Eddy Carroll ----* Genuine MUD Wizard | "You haven't lived until INTER: ecarroll@cs.tcd.ie | until you've died in UUCP: {..uunet}!mcvax!ukc!cs.tcd.ie!csvax1!ecarroll | MUD!" - Richard Bartle
seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (05/03/90)
In-Reply-To: message from BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu Supposedly, they're working on a colour version of X for the card...it'll more than likely go in the video slot. Sean //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc | ARPA: !crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc@nosc.mil | " Fanatics have their INET: seanc@pro-party.cts.com | dreams, wherewith they | weave a paradise for RealWorld: Sean Cunningham | a sect. " Voice: (512) 994-1602 PLINK: ce3k* | -Keats | Call C.B.A.U.G. BBS (512) 883-8351 w/SkyPix | B^) VISION GRAPHICS B^) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (07/16/90)
In-Reply-To: message from bleys@tronsbox.xei.com That's interesting, since most of the really neat demos I've seen lately are from Europe, they're in PAL, so the scroll messages can't be seen on my 1084 at home. I have to run them on the A3000 at work in PAL mode... Sean //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc | ARPA: !crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc@nosc.mil | " Fanatics have their INET: seanc@pro-party.cts.com | dreams, wherewith they | weave a paradise for RealWorld: Sean Cunningham | a sect. " Voice: (512) 994-1602 PLINK: ce3k* | -Keats | Call C.B.A.U.G. BBS (512) 883-8351 w/SkyPix | B^) VISION GRAPHICS B^) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh) (07/17/90)
>That's interesting, since most of the really neat demos I've seen lately are >from Europe, they're in PAL, so the scroll messages can't be seen on my 1084 >at home. I have to run them on the A3000 at work in PAL mode... > >Sean >//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc | > ARPA: !crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc@nosc.mil | " Fanatics have their > INET: seanc@pro-party.cts.com | dreams, wherewith they > | weave a paradise for > RealWorld: Sean Cunningham | a sect. " > Voice: (512) 994-1602 PLINK: ce3k* | -Keats > | >\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ The problem, Sean, is that the most spectacular ones I've seen used text that either scrolled around the center of the screen in a circle or scrolled across the middle of the screen... Demos like Wild Copper >do< have the message scrolling across the bottom, out of sight for us US types, but there've been so really incredible things done that were just too good not to see, and too obscene to show... /******************************************************************** * All of the above copyright by the below. * * Bill Cavanaugh uunet!tronsbox!bleys * * "You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever." * * Larry Anderson * ********************************************************************/
seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (08/18/90)
While I know this may not be a bright question, and has probubly been discussed before (refering to CPUSpeed), here goes... What effects/performance increases will/should be apparent by adding the line: CPU Burst to the startup-sequence on my A3000/25? What aspect of performance does this affect? I know it turns both DATA and INSTRUCTION caches on, but what exactly will these affect in my every-day computing (telecommunications, 3D renderings, DPaint animating, etc.)? I hate asking questions that should seem obvious, but I was asked myself, and I didn't have a good answer...TIA Sean //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc | ARPA: !crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc@nosc.mil | " Fanatics have their INET: seanc@pro-party.cts.com | dreams, wherewith they | weave a paradise for RealWorld: Sean Cunningham | a sect. " Voice: (512) 994-1602 PLINK: ce3k* | -Keats | Call C.B.A.U.G. BBS (512) 883-8351 w/SkyPix | B^) VISION GRAPHICS B^) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
danb20@pro-graphics.cts.com (Dan Bachmann, SubOp) (12/04/90)
In-Reply-To: message from chrisw@gondor.actrix.gen.nz
I have also been searching for an Amiga program to replace the IBM PC
programs Derive and Eureka. The best thing seems to be Mapple which blows
them both away and is also available for many platfroms including the Amiga.
I was in the dentists office last week and I picked up a copy of
Discover (a scientific magazine), and Mapple was rated the math package
breakthrough in scientific technology.
Mapple costs $400 for the Amiga and is availble from Waterloo Software
in Canada.
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