Date   : Fri, 16 Jul 2004 01:32:26 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: free memory on a model B with Econet?

In article <1087121792.24999.30.camel@...>, Jules
Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> writes

>More ponderings... how much free memory can I expect for user programs
>in a BBC B running in mode 2 and hooked up to Econet?
>
>I'm thinking that I could run the video wall thingy in mode 2, but
>double the pixels vertically giving me a 160 x 128 display (which is
>probably about right for the aspect ratio of a Cub anyway).

Why not use Masters instead?  They're cheap/free, easy to add Econet to,
have shadow memory (meaning you don't have to worry so much about user
memory), and have sideways RAM as standard, so you wouldn't have to add
that to model Bs.

Plus, as Johan pointed out, you get screen memory flipping with *FX114,n
(iirc...)

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