[comp.sys.atari.st] Questions: VIP RCS

c9c-eh@dorothy.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (09/20/87)

Six questions for Netlanders:

	1)  Is the new version (v1.2, I think) of VIP Professional
	compatible with GDOS.  The old version really screws up the
	menu bar routines and gets in GDOS's way.

	2)  When the Resource Construction Set (v2.1) first runs from
	my Hard Disk, the floppy drive always turns on for a while.  Does
	anyone know why this is?  I have the RCS.INF in the same directory
	as the program.

	3)  What are the newest versions of RCS and Alcyon C out?

	4)  Neil!  This is for you!  When the blitter comes out, how will
	some of us without CompuServ or Genie accounts find out how to
	access it?  Will there be some documentation?  I read recently that
	it will employ Xbios(64), but that was the only thing I read.  Can
	you provide any details?

	5)  Can someone send me a commented C source showing how to use
	the mouse exception call in VDI?  It's not hard to call it, of
	course, but what kind of information will my routine receive, and
	in what registers or stack?

	6)  Lastly, when I use 1st_word (no laughing!), sometimes, I notice
	that hitting two keys quickly in succession, especially the cursor
	keys, cause the mouse cursor to turn on.  Does anyone know why?


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