Date   : Sun, 17 Jul 1994 23:21:35 BST
From   : Stuart Anderson <sda@...>
Subject: Re: Another little progress update...

> I have now managed to get 38 instructions working in the 6502. I realise 
> I don't program all that quickly but my machine is a little restrictive; 
> I've got some huge problem with how much memory different things are 
> reporting and it keeps crashing. Anyway...
> 
> Using the Z and C flags shared between two processors is working 
> incredibly. I have managed to get through a fair number of instructions 
> as a result of them now being so easy to write. However, I am having a 
> couple of problems - the major one being how the hell I am supposed to 
> get 65536 bytes of memory (a whole segment) to myself on a PC. Does 
> anyone have a sure-fire way of getting 65536 bytes of contiguous memory 
> on a PC? I'm posting to newsgroups about this too so don't worry if you 
> don't!
> 
Should have asked on the fone or on oddfellows, just use int 21h
function 4ah (about) and allocate 1000h segments and you get a pointer
or segment back. ;-)

> I really want to get BBC BASIC working... mostly for nostalgic reasons! I 
> don't think I'll be doing much programming tomorrow as I've got to take 
> the next-door neighbour's cat to the cattery and cut our grass (which is 
> now actually over 1ft deep...); oh the joys of uni holidays...

Stuart.