larserio@IFI.UIO.NO (LarsErikOsterud) (10/11/89)
Where can i get the MAKEFAST program that sets the fastload-bit in the program-header that allows a program to be loaded and started without the RAM beeing cleared ? Lars-Erik / ABK-BBS +47 2132659 / ____ ______ ________________________ Osterud / larserio@ifi.uio.no / /___ / The norwegian ST __________/ ______________________/ ____/ / Klubben, user association
hans@duttnph.tudelft.nl (Hans Buurman) (03/20/90)
I found a file called fastload.st on the ruu.nl server, which should make program startup faster. Instead of filling all remaining ram with zeroes, it only cleared the BBS section. Author was Leo de Wit, in 1988. As I seem to recall, there was some discussion whether this was allowed. Furthermore, the file only contained assembler source, and I find myself without a proper assembler. So there are two questions: 1) Is this allowed ? I recently upgraded my ST to 2.5 Megs and would like to speed things up. 2) Does anybody have a binary ? I can send the source if necessary. Thanks in advance, Hans ======================================================================== Hans Buurman | hans@duttnph.tudelft.nl | hans@duttnph.UUCP Pattern Recognition Group | 31-(0)15-78 46 94 | Faculty of Applied Physics | Delft University of Technology
hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) (03/22/90)
In article <1190@dutrun.UUCP> hans@duttnph.UUCP (Hans Buurman) writes: >I found a file called fastload.st on the ruu.nl server, which should >make program startup faster. Instead of filling all remaining ram with >zeroes, it only cleared the BBS section. Author was Leo de Wit, in 1988. >As I seem to recall, there was some discussion whether this was allowed. >Furthermore, the file only contained assembler source, and I find myself >without a proper assembler. So there are two questions: Get Pinhead, from the Codeheads. It's PD, based on Leo de Wit's code, but a bit more user friendly. It's available on terminator in new/pinhed14.arc, and you should be able to find it elsewhere. -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan