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├ATEGORY 4, ╘OPIC 10
═ESSAGE 3 ╙AT ╧CT 27, 1990
╥.╥╧═╔╬┼1 (╞ORWARDED)
╧K, ABOUT THE ├256. ╚ERE'S SOME MORE INFO.
╔'╓┼ ╥┼├┼╔╓┼─ ╘╚╔╙ ╔╬╞╧ ┴┬╧╒╘ ╥╔├╚┴╥─ ├╒╥├╔╧, ╥┼╟┴╥─╔╬╟ ╚╔╙ ┼╪╨┴╬╙╔╧╬ ╧╞ ┴ 128
╘╧ 256. ╚╔╙ ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙ ├╧╙╘ $25, ┴╬─ ╘╚╔╙ ╔╬├╠╒─┼╙ ╘╫╧ ╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ├╚╔╨╙ ╫╚╔├╚
╚┼ ╨╥╧╓╔─┼╙. ╚┼ ╙┴┘╙ ╔╘ ╔╙ ┴ ╙╧═┼╫╚┴╘ ╔╬╓╧╠╓┼─ ╩╧┬, ┴╬─ ╔╞ ┘╧╒ ┴╥┼ ╙╚┘ ╚┼ ╫╔╠╠
─╧ ╘╚┼ ├╧╬╓┼╥╙╔╧╬ ╞╧╥ $80, ┘╧╒ ╨┴┘ ╙╚╔╨╨╔╬╟ ┬╧╘╚ ╫┴┘╙. ╚╔╙ ╙├╚┼═┼ ╔╬╓╧╠╓┼╙ ╘╚┼
┴──╔╘╔╧╬ ╧╞ ┴ ╙┼├╧╬─ ══╒. ╔╘ ╙┼┼═╙ ╠╔╦┼ ╨╥╧╟╥┴══┼╥╙ ├╧╒╠─ ═┴╦┼ ╒╙┼ ╧╞ ╘╚╔╙,
┬╒╘ ╬╧ ├╧══┼╥├╔┴╠ ╙╧╞╘╫┴╥┼ ╫╔╠╠ ┼╪╨╠╧╔╘ ╔╘. ╥╔├╚┴╥─ ├╒╥├╔╧,╔╙ ┴ ╞╧╥═┼╥ ┼─╔╘╧╥
╫╔╘╚ ┴╚╧┘! ┴╬─ ├╧╬╘╥╔┬╒╘╧╥ ╘╧ ╘╥┴╬╙┴├╘╧╥, ╚┼ ╚┴╙ ╙╒├├┼╙╙╞╒╠╠┘ ╔═╨╠╔═┼╬╘┼─ ┬┴╬╦╙
2 ┴╬─ 3 ╧╬ ╘╚┼ 128. ═╧─╙ ╔╬╓╧╠╓┼ ┴──╔╘╔╧╬┴╠ ─╥┴═╙ ┴╬─ 4 ╔├'╙. ╬┼╫ ╔/╧ ╥┼╟╔╙╘┼╥╙
┴╬─ ╬╧ ╨╥╧╟╥┴══╔╬╟ "╘╥╔├╦╙" ╬┼├┼╙╙┴╥┘. ╞╧╥ ═╧╥┼ ╔╬╞╧, ╙┼╬─ ┴╬ ╙┴╙┼ ╘╧ ╚╔═ ┴╘ 22
╙┼╓┼╬╘╚ ┴╓┼. ┬╥╧╧╦╠┘╬ ╬┘, 11217.
(╘HIS WAS RELAYED FROM ANOTHER NETWORK.)
╨ERSONALLY, ╔ HAVEN'T SENT MY ├128 OFF FOR THE UPGRADE. ╔ WON'T PART WITH MY
├128 UNTIL ╔ HAVE A BACKUP! ╔ WONDER IF THE ├╨/═ER'ERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
THIS? ╘HE ├╨/═ ╨LUS, USED ON THE ├128, IS A ┬ANKED VERSION.
╥ON.
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├ATEGORY 4, ╘OPIC 10
═ESSAGE 4 ╙UN ╧CT 28, 1990
─.┬╒╥╥ [╫INTERHAWK] (╞ORWARDED)
┴S FOR THE ├256, ╔ AM PLEASED TO HEAR OF SUCH A DEVELOPMENT. ╥ICHARD ├URCIO ╔S
THE SAME FELLOW WHO SUGGESTED THE POSSIBILITY IN THE ╘RANSCATOR ARTICLE ╔
CITED. ╙OUNDS LIKE HE PURSUED THE IDEA...═AYBE ╔ WILL GIVE IT A TRY SOON.
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├ATEGORY 4, ╘OPIC 10
═ESSAGE 6 ╘HU ╬OV 01, 1990
╥.╥╧═╔╬┼1 AT 01:08 ├╙╘
╙INCE THE TOPIC HAS COME UP, ╔ DO HAVE A VERY BIG QUESTION MYSELF.
╧╦, THE ├256 WORKS BY ADDING TWO EXTRA "BLOCKS" OF 64╦ ╥┴═ KNOWN AS ╥┴═ BANKS
2 & 3. ╘HE ┬ANK ├╧══┴╬─ OF THE C128 APPEARS TO ACCESS THESE EXTRA BANKS
THROUGH BANK CONFIGURATION 2,3,6,7,10, & 11. ├URRENTLY, THESE CONFIGURATIONS
DISPLAY "IMAGES" OF ╥┴═ BANK 1 & 2, INSTEAD OF ╥┴═ BANK 3 & 4. ╘HE QUESTION IS;
HOW ARE ┬ANK CONFIGURATIONS 2 & 3, SUPPOSED TO WORK? ─O THEY GIVE US ╥┴═ BANK
0 FOR PROGRAMS WITH 2 OR 3 FOR VARIBLES? ╧R DO THEY GIVE US ╥┴═ BANK 2 FOR
PROGRAMS WITH 3 FOR VARIBLES? ╔'VE HEARD THAT CUSTOM CONFIGURATIONS CAN BE
MADE USING THE RIGHT POKES. ├OULD THE ╥┴═ BANKS BE SETUP SO THAT "╥┴═ 0 CAN BE
FOR PROGRAMS, ╥┴═ 1 FOR VARIBLES; WITH ╥┴═ 2 ┴╠╙╧ FOR ╨ROGRAMS, AND ╥┴═ 3 FOR
╥┴═2'S VARIBLES"? ╨ERHAPS ONE COULD JUMP BETWEEN TWO PROGRAMS RUNNING
CONCURRENTLY/NON-CONCURRENTLY WITHOUT HAVING TO "SAVE, LOAD, SAVE, RELOAD,
ETC."?
╥ON.
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├ATEGORY 4, ╘OPIC 10
═ESSAGE 7 ╘HU ╬OV 01, 1990
╠╧╓╚┴╒╟ AT 02:14 ┼╙╘
╔ HAVE SEEN THE ├URCIO INFORMATION, OR AT LEAST PIECES OF IT. ╔T IS
INTERESTING. ╚OWEVER AGAIN IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT AT THIS TIME IT IS NOTHING
MORE THAN A PROGRAMMER'S HACK AS NO EXISTING APPLICATIONS SUPPORT THE EXTRA
╥┴═. ╚OWEVER ╔ SUSPECT THAT SOMEBODY WILL QUICKLY REMEDY THAT SITUATION, IN
PARTICULAR THE ╟┼╧╙ HACKER CREW.
╠OREN
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├ATEGORY 4, ╘OPIC 10
═ESSAGE 8 ╘HU ╬OV 01, 1990
─.┬╒╥╥ [╫INTERHAWK] AT 22:40 ┼╙╘
┘ES, IT CERTAINLY IS AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT FOR 128 USERS. ╔F ANYONE CARES
TO READ THE ARTICLE IN WHICH ═R. ├URCIO MAKES HIS INITIAL COMMENTS REGARDING
'FATTENING' THE 128, IT WAS PUBLISHED IN ╘RANSACTOR ╓OLUME 9, ╔SSUE 4. ┬ESIDES
THE C256 OPTION, HE ALSO SUGGESTS SEVERAL OTHER AND EQUALLY INTERESTING IDEAS
FOR EXPANDING THE 128 MEMORY.
┴S FOR ╟EOS 128 USAGE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED EXPANSION, ╔ AGREE THAT THIS
WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE MOST USEFUL APPLICATION OF THE EXTRA BANKS THAT ╔ COULD
THINK OF. ╟EOS ONLY SERIOUS FLAW, ╔═╚╧, IS THE SEVERELY LIMITED PROGRAM SPACE.
╓╠╔╥ FILES ARE NIFTY AND ALL, BUT HAVING A 64K PROGRAM RESIDENT IN ┬ANK 2,
WITH PERHAPS A ROUTINE IN BANK 1 TO HANDLE THE SWITCHING WOULD REALLY EXTEND
THE POSSIBILITIES OF ╟EOS.
╚OW ABOUT IT ╠OREN? ├OULD YOU MAKE ╔-╨AINT RUN UNDER ╟EOS WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF BANKS 2 AND 3? ╩UST DREAMING...
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