Date   : Thu, 01 Oct 1987 16:36:29 GMT
From   : mcvax!ukc!dcl-cs!nott-cs!settle@uunet.uu.net (Dave Settle SMB)
Subject: Memory Partitions in CCPM

I wonder if anyone can help me with a problem with memory partitions under
Concurrent CPM.

At the moment I have a Jarogate Sprite (a 286-based machine), running CCPM 4.1
with half a megabyte of memory.

With a previous version of the OS (I think 3.??) I could run all my programs
fine, but now I've got the upgrade, I keep getting "Insufficient Memory"
when I try to load programs.

I've tried to re-partition the memory into larger chunks, but this was
spectacularly unsuccessful - it wouldn't even run "SDIR" then!

The problem has also appeared on other machines which I am responsible for
(also CCPM), so I would like to get some idea about what the problem is,
and what I can do about it.

The particular program which is causing the problem is "runcobol", which is
a runtime for RM/COBOL programs (I don't program in COBOL myself, you
understand, I just look after the machines!) - according to the (limited)
info from RM, it requires a 64K data segment + text + stack.

I'm definately NOT a cpm guru, so I'd appreciate any help you can give me.

Please respond directly - I don't get the chance to read the news much, I'm
too busy re-partitioning my machines ...

Cheers,
               Dave Settle,
UUCP: dave@smb.co.uk
      ...seismo!mcvax!ukc!nott-cs!smb!dave

Dave Settle, SMB Business Software, Mansfield, Nottingham, UK.