[A92] Re: Need 65k of contiguous space
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[A92] Re: Need 65k of contiguous space
That's great i'll try it!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Niklas Brunlid" <e96nbr@efd.lth.se>
To: <assembly-92@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: [A92] Re: Need 65k of contiguous space
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> > I am writing a z80 emulator for the TI92+, wich will hopefully evolve in
a
> > GameBoy emulator.
> >
> > However, I need a 65k ($10000) block of contiguous ram to use as z80
ram.
> > The problem is that there seems to be a file size limit of 65k, and with
the
> > file headers what remains to be used is less than that. Also, when I do
a
> > heap alloc, the max I could alloc was close to 65k but not enough (If it
> > remember correctly, it was $FFF0).
> >
> > Do you have any suggestion to workaround this "limitation"?
>
> Assuming you need actual RAM space and not a file that's >$FFF0 bytes, you
could
> use HeapAllocHigh twice to get two memory areas in a row. Just remember to
save
> the info in the beginning of the second block for when you de-allocate it.
>
> Or you could just play dirty and assume that the high memory is free. ;)
>
> --
> / Niklas Brunlid
> Check out Prosit for the TI-89 / TI-92+ at http://prosit.ticalc.org
> Random PQF v5.1 Quote follows:
>
> That seems to point up a significant difference between Europeans and
> Americans. A European says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with
> me?" An American says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?"
> -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)
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