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Subject: Memory
Message-ID: <7801@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 21:24:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 27 21:24:33 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Dec-85 06:27:24 EST
Reply-To: occ4mgk@oac.ucla.edu.ARPA, cc1@ucla-cs.UUCP (Michael Gersten)
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Wait a second...
Amiga, ddid I hear you correctly?
Did you say that this wonderful 512K to 8 meg system Can't Give Out MORE THAN
32K AT A TIME?
 
<FLAME ON>
WHAT IS THIS? Aren't you aware that this is STUPID? HAven't you seen the
troubles people have with 64K segment pc's? (no brand mentioned, but you
should know). And now you limit it to 32 Bleeping Kay?
 
<Flame off>
 
My biggest complaint with the 8088 series is that it is too limited by
the 64K segment stuff. Now, you are doing what? What happens if my
program is larger than 32K? What happens if I am using a large data
structure? (Or even a moderate one, say 30 byte records and an array
of 1000 records?)
 
THIS MUST GO!!!

I don't care what you do internally, but a user must be able to request
an arbitrary amount of memory and have it returned to them if possible.

PLEASE get this fixed in 1.1. Pretty please.
 
(And how about putting an 8 bit adder and comparator into an optional
expansion board? Please put two comparators--the adder is BASE, the
comparators MIN and MAX. If they say 'overflow', the program needs to
terminate.)

			Michael Gersten
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