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Re: Results of the smallest TSR contest

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From: Ralf Brown
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 02:53
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In article <1992Sep2.213536.28873@zooid.guild.org> Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org> writes:
}Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU writes:
}>}In the category : HLL with Assembly
}>}  Ross Ridge
}>}  64 bytes for a TSR counter
}>
}>I didn't see this one.  That must be in a UMB, as DOS won't let a program go
}>TSR with less than 96 bytes.
}
}Actually, strictly speaking its not a TSR as it doesn't use the MS-DOS
}Terminate and Stay Resident service.  What it does is copy a simple ISR
}to the end of conventional memory, or to a UMB if available.  

True enough, but it does manage to terminate and stay resident even if it
doesn't use the DOS service.

BTW, AMISLIB will also allow a TSR to load at the top end of conventional
memory or in a UMB as well as at the low end with a partial PSP.  Though
the TSRs you build with it are somewhat larger than the absolute minimum,
you get the advantages of a standardized interface and the ability to
unload in any order.
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