From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-cpm
Newsgroups: fa.info-cpm
Title: CP/M 3.0 larger TPA
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.125
Posted: Fri Nov 26 13:23:04 1982
Received: Sat Nov 27 03:32:07 1982

>From mknox@Utexas-11  Fri Nov 26 13:02:55 1982
To: info-cpm@BRL
Via:  Utexas-11; 26 Nov 82 13:47-EST
Via:  Brl; 26 Nov 82 13:56-EST
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 26 Nov 82 14:14-EST


Actually, there are some good cases for a larger TPA.  Microsoft (and probably
others) seem not to have heard of a virtual memory loader.  The L80 program
requires that it be able to fit both the loader AND the program in memory
at the same time.  Couple that to the fact that the loader keeps growing with
each version, and that BLANK COMMON takes up room even during load.

What you have left is programs that you have to squeeze over and over to make
load, but which have lots of memory left free when they are executed.

Conclusion:  My system needs more memory (at present) than the person who  
runs a .COM file.

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