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- Path: sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!tower!johnv
- From: johnv@tower.actrix.gen.nz (John Veldthuis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Forcing CHIP RAM in Assembly
- References: <Zapper.0iyw@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca>
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <johnv.0a37@tower.actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 05:21:42 +1200
- Organization: Amiga Virus Extermination Services, TAUG
- Lines: 18
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- Quoted from <Zapper.0iyw@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca> by Zapper@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Zapper):
- > In a message dated Tue 10 Aug 92 5:43, Steven_frank@cryo.rain.com (steven
- > wrote:
- >
- > S> Don't _ever_ write code that has to use NoFastMem, and avoid
- > S> absolute cruncher programs like they were the black death.
- >
- > But I need absolute crunching... I am using lowlevel trackdisk access to
- > block read sections of code into the upper reaches of CHIP, and then
- > uncrunching them to the lower reaches of CHIP... I have to know where the
- > code is gonna come out...
-
- What a lot of rubbish. Allocate some mem and then give this pointer to your
- routine. I use Lowlevel trackdisk access as well and have no trouble with
- it. If you go for hard coding then don't expect your program to work with
- most machines and OS's.
- ---
- *** John Veldthuis, Taranaki Amiga Users Group, johnv@tower.actrix.gen.nz ***
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