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From: shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS switcher ideas
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Date: 9 Apr 89 05:05:06 GMT
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hearn@claris.com (Bob Hearn) writes:
>Or use memory manager calls to move bank 0 in & out during the swap, handle
>by handle.  This is a lot slower than just doing a blockmove, though...
>but probably a lot easier than patching the memory manager or playing
>with its data structures.  And much safer.  Probably the thing to do is
>use the mem. mgr. to allocate and deallocate the handles in bank 0 / swap
>space, then blockmove the image instead of doing a bunch of HandToHands.
>You won't take too many speed hits from the mem. mgr. doing this; it's fast
>for fixed address allocation.

The only problem I can see in this is possible fragmentation...

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