diff --git a/waterbox/waterboxhost/Cargo.lock b/waterbox/waterboxhost/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.71"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "waterboxhost"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+[[package]]
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diff --git a/waterbox/waterboxhost/Cargo.toml b/waterbox/waterboxhost/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "waterboxhost"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["nattthebear <goyuken@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+winapi = { version = "0.3.8", features = ["memoryapi"] }
+
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+libc = "0.2.71"
+
+[lib]
+doctest = false
diff --git a/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/lib.rs b/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/lib.rs
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+++ b/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/lib.rs
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+#![crate_type = "cdylib"]
+
+const PAGESIZE: usize = 0x1000;
+const PAGEMASK: usize = 0xfff;
+const PAGESHIFT: i32 = 12;
+
+mod memory_block;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	#[test]
+	fn it_works() {
+		assert_eq!(2 + 2, 4);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/memory_block/mod.rs b/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/memory_block/mod.rs
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index 0000000000..86dad5269e
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+++ b/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/memory_block/mod.rs
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+mod snapshot;
diff --git a/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/memory_block/snapshot.rs b/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/memory_block/snapshot.rs
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+++ b/waterbox/waterboxhost/src/memory_block/snapshot.rs
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+use std::ptr::{null_mut, NonNull};
+use core::ffi::c_void;
+use crate::*;
+
+/// wraps the allocation of a single PAGESIZE bytes of ram, and is safe-ish to call within a signal handler
+pub struct Snapshot {
+	ptr: NonNull<u8>,
+}
+
+impl Snapshot {
+	pub fn new() -> Snapshot {
+		unsafe {
+			let ptr = alloc();
+			if ptr == null_mut() {
+				panic!("Snapshot could not allocate memory!");
+			} else {
+				Snapshot {
+					ptr: NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr as *mut u8)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn slice<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8] {
+		unsafe {
+			std::slice::from_raw_parts(self.ptr.as_ptr(), PAGESIZE)
+		}
+	}
+	pub fn slice_mut<'a>(&'a mut self) -> &'a mut [u8] {
+		unsafe {
+			std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.ptr.as_ptr(), PAGESIZE)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl Drop for Snapshot {
+	fn drop(&mut self) {
+		unsafe {
+			let res = free(self.ptr.as_ptr() as *mut c_void);
+			if !res {
+				eprintln!("Snapshot could not free memory!");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use winapi::um::memoryapi::*;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use winapi::um::winnt::*;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+unsafe fn alloc() -> *mut c_void {
+	VirtualAlloc(null_mut(), PAGESIZE, MEM_RESERVE | MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE) as *mut c_void
+}
+#[cfg(windows)]
+unsafe fn free(ptr: *mut c_void) -> bool {
+	match VirtualFree(ptr as *mut winapi::ctypes::c_void, PAGESIZE, MEM_RELEASE) {
+		0 => false,
+		_ => true
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use libc::*;
+#[cfg(unix)]
+unsafe fn alloc() -> *mut c_void {
+	let ptr = mmap(null_mut(), PAGESIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+	match ptr {
+		MAP_FAILED => null_mut(),
+		_ => ptr
+	}
+}
+#[cfg(unix)]
+unsafe fn free(ptr: *mut c_void) -> bool {
+	let res = munmap(ptr, PAGESIZE);
+	match res {
+		0 => true,
+		_ => false
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[test]
+fn basic_test() {
+	let mut s = Snapshot::new();
+
+
+	for x in s.slice().iter() {
+		assert!(*x == 0);
+	}
+	let ml = s.slice_mut();
+	for i in 0..PAGESIZE {
+		ml[i] = i as u8;
+	}
+	let sl = s.slice();
+	for i in 0..PAGESIZE {
+		assert!(sl[i] == i as u8);
+	}
+}
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+{"rustc_fingerprint":11446813852324310650,"outputs":{"1164083562126845933":["rustc 1.43.0\nbinary: rustc\ncommit-hash: unknown\ncommit-date: unknown\nhost: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu\nrelease: 1.43.0\nLLVM version: 10.0\n",""],"4476964694761187371":["___.exe\nlib___.rlib\n___.dll\n___.dll\n___.lib\n___.dll\nC:\\Develop\\msys64\\mingw64\ndebug_assertions\nproc_macro\ntarget_arch=\"x86_64\"\ntarget_endian=\"little\"\ntarget_env=\"gnu\"\ntarget_family=\"windows\"\ntarget_feature=\"fxsr\"\ntarget_feature=\"sse\"\ntarget_feature=\"sse2\"\ntarget_os=\"windows\"\ntarget_pointer_width=\"64\"\ntarget_vendor=\"pc\"\nwindows\n",""]},"successes":{}}
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