From:	MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX" 18-MAR-1993 20:10:05.12
To:	Info-VAX@KL.SRI.COM
CC:	
Subj:	Re: kernel routines in C (solved)

In article <1993Mar15.085732.97@tachyon.lonestar.org>,
 wayne@tachyon.lonestar.org (Wayne Sewell) writes:
> The problem has been solved over in vmsnet.internals.  
> 
>> You can do:
>>         .MASK   foo,^m<r4>
>> 
>> (I just digested a V4 MACRO manual last night :-)
>> Kenn Humborg
>> elehumborg@orbsen.ucg.ie
> 
> This is the solution to the problem.  It turns out you *can* OR an arbitrary 
> value into the mask.  I have been programming in macro for over ten years, but 
> I didn't know that .mask could do that.  

Me too, on both counts!  

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Systems, San Diego CA
drivers, internals, networks, applications, and training for VMS and Windows NT
uucp 'g' protocol guru and release coordinator, VMSnet (DECUS uucp) W.G., and 
Chair, Programming and Internals Working Group, U.S. DECUS VMS Systems SIG 
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