[fa.info-cpm] large TPA's

info-cpm (12/07/82)

>From ELIOT@Mit-Dms  Mon Dec  6 23:26:55 1982
To: info-cpm@BRL
Via:  Mit-Dms; 6 Dec 82 20:53-EST
Via:  Brl; 6 Dec 82 21:08-EST
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 6 Dec 82 21:31-EST

	I have not been keeping up with the discussion on the larger TPA
of CPM Plus when used with bank switch memory, but here is a thought
to ponder.  While MOST people probably wont go to the larger TPA CP/M
due to cost, and not wanting to upgrade for one reason or another,
I see no reason to ignore the large TPA.  How many of you have been able
to get a 48k program out of L80?  I will bet that NO ONE has.  It cannot
be done!  L80 uses so much space for symbol tables and what not, and Micro-
Soft has not yet learned how to write things to disk when they are supposed
to be written there, so that L80 cannot make I file much bigger than 40k
on the AVERAGE cpm system.  So now with the LARGER TPA we can make programs
that are bigger, and they will still run on the systems that dont have the
large TPA because it can be kept with in the limits and still be
bigger than the programs we used to be able to write.

						-Eliot at Mit-DM

info-cpm (12/08/82)

>From Thieret.WBST@Parc-Maxc  Tue Dec  7 23:50:43 1982
In-Reply-To: ELIOT's message of 6 Dec 1982 2053-EST, <[MIT-DMS].251566>
To: ELIOT@Mit-Dms   (Eliot Scott Ramey)
Cc: info-cpm@BRL
Via:  Parc-Maxc; 7 Dec 82 12:11-EST
Via:  Brl; 7 Dec 82 12:21-EST
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 7 Dec 82 12:28-EST

Eliot,

To solve your 48k L80 problems, scrap L80 and use PLink.  PLink writes the
COM file to the disk and in addition allows the user to generate "arbitrarily
complex overlay structures". PLink is slower than L80 but if your program is 
>48 K you need it anyway.

Tracy.

info-cpm (12/08/82)

>From RMS.G.BANDY.MIT-OZ@Mit-Mc  Wed Dec  8 00:56:01 1982
To: ELIOT@Mit-Dms
Cc: info-cpm@BRL
In-Reply-To: Your message of 7-Dec-82 0221-EST
Via:  Mit-Mc; 7 Dec 82 22:49-EST
Via:  Brl; 7 Dec 82 23:04-EST
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 7 Dec 82 23:19-EST

have you tried Plink-II or DR's LINK ?? they're not Brain Damaged!
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info-cpm (12/08/82)

>From ELIOT@Mit-Mc  Wed Dec  8 03:22:02 1982
To: Thieret.WBST@Parc-Maxc
Cc: info-cpm@BRL
Via:  Mit-Mc; 7 Dec 82 16:46-EST
Via:  Brl; 7 Dec 82 17:12-EST
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 7 Dec 82 17:40-EST

I was not actually having a problem with it as I have not yet come
up on a program that big, I was simply saying, IF.  True, PLink
can be the answer, I was just putting in my thoughts for the
larger TPA.

						-Eliot at Mit-DM