Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!van-bc!jonh!jhenders From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TT TOS (and operating systems in gen Keywords: TOS OSs carts??? Message-ID: Date: 7 Jan 91 17:35:00 GMT References: <1991Jan7.005252.10937@bwdls61.bnr.ca> <3203@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Distribution: na Lines: 24 X-Version: Martin's Mailer Version Sep 07 1990 23:50:52 In <1991Jan7.005252.10937@bwdls61.bnr.ca>, Pierre Fortin writes: >Well, for starters: The current OS (1.4) fits in 192K of ROM, *BUT* there >is only 128K available on the cart port. If you can figure how to squeeze >the OS into that little cart... :^) How about packing the part that is loaded into memory and unpacking on boot-up? I think ST Internals said there were several tricky ways to get 512k out of the cartridge port. Come to think of it, wasn't there a company that sold 4 meg ram drives that went into the cartridge port. Someone posting here a few months ago had one. > >Pierre Fortin Bell-Northern Research I know, my postings are >Internet Systems P.O.Box 3511, Stn C terse and humourless. So? >(613)763-2598 Ottawa, Ontario RIP: aptly named protocol >fortinp@bnr.ca Canada K1Y 4H7 AppleTalk: Adam&Eve's design -- John Henders jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca Vancouver,B.C. or jhenders@wimsey.bc.ca or ubc.cs!van-bc!jonh!jhenders