[Coco] Re: Re: CoCo related question? (Better edit for coco3.rom)

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Well it will take more than a simple patch.

james

On 23 Mar 2005 at 15:20, Albert Stinger wrote:

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> So, what your saying is patch the edit command to map in the wasted

> 7376 author bytes with the new code put there and jump into that

> segment. Is it possible to fit a screen editor into 7376 bytes? What

> does a screen editor need to do to make it nice enough?  Things like

> cursor key movement. How much interfacing to Extended Color Basic is

> required for it to work?

> 

> Albert Stinger

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> <jdaggett at gate.net> wrote in message 

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> > Albert

> >

> > Not a lot. The Color basic Rom Code 1.2 from $A000 to $BFFF has

> > about 10 bytes or so. The Extended Color Basic Rom is full and Super

> > Extended basic Rom has 1012 bytes free from $FA0C to FDFF.  Finally

> > DOS 1.1 ROM has 167 bytes free.

> >

> > Not really much room to do a screen type editor.

> >

> > Now if you map the 8K space from $C000 to $DFFF as internal rom and

> > get rid of the author's picture you can recover about  7376 bytes.

> > Otherwise you have about 1172 bytes give take a few. Could be more

> > depending on how much of the old DLOAD code is patched and what

> > isleft of it can be overwritten with a patch.

> >

> >

> > james

> >

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> > On 23 Mar 2005 at 13:07, Albert Stinger wrote:

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> > Subject:        [Coco] Re: CoCo related question? (Better

> > edit for coco3.rom)

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> >> More questions,

> >>

> >> Exactly how much rom space is available in the coco3 rom and

> >> could be used to make a better edit command?  Where is this

> >> rom space located in the rom image?  What would be the best

> >> way to interface to the edit command so you could have full

> >> screen editing with the cursor keys?

> >>

> >> "Albert Stinger" 

> >> <albertstinger24 at canada.com>

> >> wrote in message news:d1s26r$ipo$1 at sea.gmane.org...

> >> > Is someone or anyone making a slightly better edit for the

> >> > coco3.rom? Please! Full screen editing to go in the wasted rom

> >> > space would be nice.

> >> >

> >> > Albert Stinger.

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