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Article #10Re: crome
From: Pat Cain
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 00:46
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 00:46
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rhys%meteor@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au, in article <wHd8qASMBh108h@meteor.brisnet.org.au> writes: > I am investigating the possibility of porting Helldiver to DOS, but it > is going to require a massive restructuring of the internal workings, so > it will be a while. (I need to restructure Helldiver anyway to get better > performance, so I'll probably do the DOS bits at the same time). Writing it to fit in memory when Waffle is loaded is a bit messy. I've been doing it with a DOS newsreader and you have to do messy things like using temporary files. There's no problem fitting the actual newsreader into memory, but it's having enough memory left to call the editor, rnews or rmail. pat.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!cavebbs!sideways!patrick From: Pat Cain <patrick@sideways.welly.gen.nz> Newsgroups: alt.bbs.waffle,comp.bbs.waffle Subject: Re: crome Message-ID: <1992Nov02004604patrick@sideways.welly.gen.nz> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 00:46:04 GMT References: <wHd8qASMBh108h@meteor.brisnet.org.au> Reply-To: Pat Cain <cain_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz> Organization: SillyNews, Sideways bulletin board, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Lines: 14