[A83] Re: MirageOS remembering program location


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[A83] Re: MirageOS remembering program location




> > Actually, the 86 usually doesn't lose your data when it crashes. It has
> > a checksum for the RAM pages, and it only resets it if it doesn't match.
> > So you can have a program crash, pull a battery, and have your stuff
> > when it comes back. And, hopefully, nothing will be corrupted. Also,
> > most shells on the 86 use some unused bits in the VAT entry for a
> > program to determine which folder in a shell it resides in.

> Too bad the 83(+) doesn't have something like that.

Are you speaking about the checksum or the bits in the VAT entry? Because on
the 83+, each VAT entry has a byte which is marked as 'Reserved for future
use'. MirageOS uses that one to save the folder a program currently is in.





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