Speed vs Multitasking (WAS: Low 16k memory)

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From: Mikko Tsokkinen
Date: Fri, 25 May 1990 08:58

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In article <1623@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:

>  Has somebody checked what low 16k ($0000-$ffff) memory contains. I'm asking
                             ^^^^^^^
 Because of brain damage I wrote 16k when I ment 64k! To be more precise
first 32k and last 32k. The Idea is to use short absolute addressing which 
is actyally quite a bit faster than long!

> this because that's the fasted memory in standart 512k machine. All alloc-
> mems fail. I think I will kick the operating system out, move low 16k
> somewhere and when the program has ended move it back. Somebody said that
> it contains some track.device buffer but that doesn't matter, I'm using
> my own disk-routines anyway. Any other solutions? I need the speed for
> real time 3D landscape & object handling.

 MITT


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