Re: A89: TI-89 info was(Re: supervisor vs usermode...)
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Re: A89: TI-89 info was(Re: supervisor vs usermode...)
Why would anyone want a file on the TI-89 larger than 64k? I guess maybe a
very large picture, animation, or movie... maybe sounds... :) Gee.. but
that must be really bloated..
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: Miles Raymond <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: A89: TI-89 info was(Re: supervisor vs usermode...)
>
> Well, I was only wondering because I hear Dulce gripe every day about the
8K
> limit on the 83+ and wondered if the 89 had any similar disabilities. I
> don't know much about the 8K limit to explain it, sorry... =(
>
> 64K is the limit that TI put on the program through the VAT, correct? So
> with a new OS (or just a new VAT), a file could be larger, correct?
>
> -Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 7:58 PM
> Subject: Re: A89: TI-89 info was(Re: supervisor vs usermode...)
>
>
> > Zoltan Kocsi wrote:
> > > I guess the available RAM might be a reasonable limit. If you run
> > > from the FLASH, then the size of that. The 68000 has an address limit
> > > of 16MB, certainly not presenting any constraint in the case of the
> > > TI89.
> >
> > the maximum length should be 64K since you have only a word telling the
> size of
> > the programfile. You should be able to have larger programs by splitting
> them up
> > un different files though.. and then I think its safe to assume that
> available
> > ram/flash is the limit..
> >
> > file://Olle
>
>
>
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