[A83] Re: New Shell From The Hays Corporation - ZASMLOAD -> ZNEWLOAD
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[A83] Re: New Shell From The Hays Corporation - ZASMLOAD -> ZNEWLOAD
> Van: The one and only SUCKER ... <sucker_pvn@hotmail.com>
>
>>For those of us on the 83-, having two shells, one to run Ion games and
>>one to run . . . um . . . other . . . games is simply not practical. We
>>need maximum room to keep everything else. I'm sure I'm not the only one
>>to have memory so full that I get a memory error for using more than half
>>the Home screen. Besides, what are you going to do, not have a routine
>>to draw sprites, generate random numbers, and do a FastCopy?
>
> Yeah!
>
> But the shells do not copy their programs to 9237h,
> they switch the place. Zasmload copies it, so there is
> a lot mem wasted.
> Now it's finally time that sombody makes ZNEWLOAD.
> Compatible with zasmload, but it uses the kind of loading
> like SOS/ION, so there is practical no mem lost.
> And if you think: just use a shell, that's also a waste
> of mem.
> The reason I aks this is because I sure can't make such
> ZNEWLOAD, but it's up to you guys who know how!!
> (especially on a regular 83!)
I'll see what I can do, okay? But it may be better to use ZES, it comes
with a little conversion prog, so it's even possible to start any ZASMLOAD
or SOS program from the prompt.
Henk Poley <><