Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 01:41:33 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > Is there still 4 empty sockets on the motherboard?  That machine should be
> There was 4 empty sockets, however I filled them.
> 
> > 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?)

> What does the acronym "TPA" stand for?

Uh-oh.  Transient Program Area.