Date   : Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:22:24 -0000
From   : jumbos.bazzar@... (Mark Haysman)
Subject: RISC OS Memory Allocation Question

Hi.

I've just had a 10 minute fiddle with an A4, and you can sort of set the 
memory in Basic, but only if going through the WIMP. From Supervisor:

*WIMPSLOT -NEXT 2000K
*WIMPTASK BASIC

will run Basic, with 2MB available (on a 4 meg machine). It starts in a 
window, but you can then just MODE xx out of it.

There probably is another way of doing it, but I can't see a configure 
option for memory settings in the status, only that WImpslot, which is the 
same as dragging the "NEXT" bar across in the task window.

Mark.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Wolstenholme" <bbcmailinglist@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 11:36 PM
Subject: [BBC-Micro] RISC OS Memory Allocation Question


Hope this is allowed on here - is there a * command or similar
method of allocating a specified amount of RAM to the next application
or utility to be run?

For instance, if I am in Supervisor mode and I want to start BASIC with
only half of the available RAM (e.g. 2MB on a 4MB machine) would there
be a way to do this?

Best wishes,



Ian