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Re: Re Keystrokes: Possible BIOS compatibility
- Subject: Re: Re Keystrokes: Possible BIOS compatibility
- From: "M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:12:58 -0400 (EDT)
It is as I suspected, but I needed to check in in order
to see if I was reading it correctly. And, I agree,
just knowing these sorts of things is worthy, even if
they are not useful. Was it not Aristotle who made a
similar point? M.W. Poirier
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Robert Holmgren wrote:
> > Now, if I can only get my head around
> > what advantage I gain by knowing all of this, since it is not
> > immediately obvious to me.
>
> Nothing for you, maybe. Something for me though. You volunteered! I have no
> idea what practical use this routine is. Very obscure to me. But kinda "cool"
> nevertheless. And it documents a technique which is otherwise hardly ever used
> (maybe for good reason). We document a lot of techniques in U2, with no
> perceptible purpose, just to get an example of usage into the public domain.
> Look at frames @DAT and @DTS, for example. Neat!
>
> > Thanks Robert.
>
> For what? Thank _you_!
>
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> Robert Holmgren
> holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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