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From: bgribble@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Bill Gribble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP48 machine language
Message-ID: <8415@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 16 Sep 90 22:05:39 GMT
References: <8377@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <1990Sep16.164904.4675@santra.uucp>
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In article <1990Sep16.164904.4675@santra.uucp> jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) writes:
>bgribble@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Bill Gribble) writes:
>>1.) What is the procedure for allocating and using large chunks of memory?

>	Switch back to RPL and use BLANK to create a new GROB. You
>	can't get exact nibble allocation (bytes are ok), but it's
>	compatible with anything that HP might come up with.
>
>   Juri Munkki

OK, this is a valid answer to my question.  Not exactly what I was expecting, 
  but it works.  Now a few followups:  1.) has anyone doing disassembly work
  found the 'real' way to do this (strictly in machine language)? 
  2.) jumping back and forth between ml and rpl isn't exactly elegant.  Is 
  there a way to execute the BLANK (or any other) command from ml?

My biggest problem with this method is speed: GROB operations are pretty slow
  in my (unsupported) opinion, and I'm looking for speed above all else.

Thanks for the answer, though; I'll probably end up using it.

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