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From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 03:04:07 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
cc: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wish list
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On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:

> > > produce a 768k TPA, 640k regular, and 128k UMB.  Yes, it is weird, but
> > I could be wrong on the memory thing.  I might allready have
> > 768k.  There was 4 empty sockets there and I grabbed some chips
> > showed the extra mem (I can't remember how much though).
> > all the stuff I need into a ROM chip!!!!!!!  THIS WOULD
> > ROCK!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Uh-huh, and with the program in ROM, you could use as little as 40k for
> the entire program region using overlays, and have a 700k buffer!  (talk
> about scroll back), or figure out a method to convince Lynx to run inside
> the box with a tcp/ppp stack.  (too much?)

Well, I like the ROM idea and the scrollback buffer idea, but
LYNX and tcp/ip with ppp is pushing it.  :o)


Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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